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AllianceBernstein targets retirees with high yield fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... well as Asian corporate bonds. Cunningham said that a competitive global high income strategy should include "investment grade corporate debt, mortgage-backed securities, credit default swaps, options, preferred stock and convertibles where the risk-adjusted ...

Survivor: the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... steadily from 71.4% of GDP back in 2004 to around 40.1% this year. This justifies its credit ratings upgrade to investment grade earlier this year by Fitch Ratings (27 March), Standard & Poor's (3 May) and Moody's (3 October)....Not the weather though. ...

Market Vectors ETFs get Lonsec seal of approval

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
Market Vectors has received 'Investment GradeIndex' ratings from Lonsec for its new Australian exchange traded funds (ETFs). Market Vectors, which is the ETF business of US investment manager Van Eck Global, launched the four new ETFs on the Australian ...

Appetite for overseas assets continues to grow

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... in popularity, with 7% of investors saying they plan on using the global asset class, up from 4% last month. Investment grade credit is the most popular category of global fixed income among those surveyed. However, both emerging market debt and sovereign ...

Balanced funds ill-suited for fixed income blow-up

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... up on some of the yield available in bond markets, or find a middle ground with a combination of short-dated investment grade credit strategies and absolute return bond strategies," Fletcher said. While markets have reacted negatively to Federal Reserve ...

Lonsec shuts door on rating 'shopping' with new rankings

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... development Richard Everingham explained. The 'Screened Out' rating will be published for new funds that achieve sub investment grade assessments. Lonsec said the 'Hold' rating, which has been used infrequently, will be dropped to better manage the size ...

Retirees warned: beware the 'great rotation'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... Director of Australia & New Zealand Craig Hurt said. However, Hurt said that while high rated government and investment grade bonds may deliver negative real returns over the medium term, there are still options for fixed income investors. "Investors ...

FirstChoice platform offers PIMCO bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... FirstChoice invests in government, corporate, mortgage and other fixed income securities, and can also invest in non-investment grade fixed interest securities and emerging markets. It is benchmarked against the Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Index ...

Morphic receives Lonsec approval

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
The Morphic Global Opportunities Fund (MGOF) has been awarded an 'Investment Grade' rating from Lonsec. Launched 10 months ago by two former Hunter Hall investment managers, Jack Lowsenstein and Chad Slater, the fund now has $30 million under management ...

End of QE sounds death knell for 'zombie' stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... Humphreys points to the high yield corporate bond market in the US. Compiled of debt securities issued by non-investment grade companies, this sector has seen significant demand as a result of extra liquidity in the system. Corporations in this sector ...