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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... inflation expectations - the gap between the nominal 10-year Australian bond yield and the yield on 10-year Treasury Indexed Bonds. The current differential (11 May) is down to 1.34%, down from 1.51% at the end of March, which is down from 1.71% at the ...

PIMCO Income fund launched in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... invest in areas that help manage interest rate risk. Unlike many other income strategies that focus mainly on corporate bonds and can invest without limit in high yield securities, the PIMCO Income fund has specific limits on below investment-grade corporate ...

Multi-factor investing applies to credit too: Robeco

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... also very successfully be applied to the credit space," explained Robeco client portfolio manager Maurice Meijers. Cheaper bonds, for instance, tend to mean revert just as cheaper equities do. Triple A-rated bonds tend to have higher Sharpe ratios than ...

Investors must look past market noise: AXA IM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... have seen a positive client response to RI demonstrated by the increasing popularity of innovative products such as green bonds and the growing interest in impact investing. "There will be continued evidence of the gradual progression of responsible ...

Further monetary stimulus risks woeful asset returns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... Milligan. "Negative interest rates have been a taboo all of our working lives but we now have well over a quarter of government bonds around the world being issued at negative rates. We have reached the stage when we have to speculate about such matters." ...

Agriculture ripe for institutional picking

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
... corporate finance and agribusiness specialist, Margaux Beauchamp, says agriculture is expected to outperform both equities and bonds over the next five years. "Agriculture is a hedge against inflation, provides diversification with a low correlation ...

Advisers not impressed with budget changes

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
... regarding it as a positive change from a planning perspective. The survey revealed super splitting with spouse, insurance bonds and spouse rebates as the top three strategies advisers will look to use to combat the proposed changes to superannuation ...

State Street appointed alternatives custodian at GPIF

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... $1.5 trillion and according to its latest figures, paid State Street about $8.3 million in custodial fees for international bonds during the 2014 financial year. GPIF recently reported other custodians at the fund during 2014 were: Trust & Custody Services ...

Fixed income China's sweet spot

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... environment with low-to-negative interest rates, Chinese Government Bond yields (currently at approximately 3% for 10 year bonds) are more attractive than yields in other major developed economies. "At a size of US$7.4 trillion China's bond market is ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
... June, the ECB will commence operation of its targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTRO II) purchases of corporate bonds under the corporate sector purchase programme (CSPP). In his introductory statement, ECB president Mario Draghi announced ...