Tag: credit

In AsianInvestor's first online survey following the website relaunch, we asked which asset class would be the best pick for returns this year. The credit-orientated firm expects the positive inflows of 2009 to continue for absolute-return and inflation-linked fixed-income strategies. Portfolio manager Kenneth Buntrock believes credit is still the best place to be in US fixed income. The former chief investment officer of the Korea Investment Corporation begins trading his Asian credit hedge fund in Singapore. Data from Lipper and Credit Suisse shows October and November have not been kind to the hedge-fund world, but annualised performance figures should be good enough. The Japanese giant finds a way outside of Japan to combine its prop-desk activities in a fund structure for institutional clients. Aberdeen Asset Management's head of emerging-markets fixed income explains his picks for corporate and sovereign debt. Normalcy has nearly returned to the fixed-income market, says Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management, and despite the recent widening of high-yield bond spreads, the firm ... Karl Dasher, global head of fixed income at Schroder Investment Management, discusses likely developments for Asian currencies and corporate credits in the coming months. The brains behind this Asian credit hedge fund hope to grow Opvs Group into a large-scale asset manager. Preliminary results from our survey of Asian buy-sides show Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse enjoy broadest support. Credit Suisse hires Matt Pecot from UBS to head up its growing prime services team. The effects of China's snowstorm have brought into focus what policymakers are likely to do to curb inflation. Credit Suisse captures a top Morgan Stanley prime broker as its new head of Japanese prime broking sales and marketing. As Korea’s pensions’ shortfall threatens the future of its retirees, the National Pension Service turns to Wall Street for a solution - but at what cost? CS says its black-box liquidity pool, Crossfinder, will extend to trades in South Korea. Merrill Lynch sells a credit-linked note to Singapore retail investors. Omar Corde's move from UK-based hedge fund CQS to CS's asset management division in Asia signals an emphasis on alternatives. The firm poaches its new head for Australian hedge-fund sales from Deutsche Bank. Kevin Meehan joins the Hong Kong office from Jupiter Asset Management in London.