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Governance becoming key investor concern

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... easier if you take a long-term approach. "A company is much more likely to talk to you if they don't think you'll sell their bonds or shares at the sight of one set of poor quarterly figures. We need to do more as an industry to invest for the long term ...

ACBC adds further XTBs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... Queensland and National Australia Bank. This tranche also includes senior bond coverage of Coca Cola Amatil and Sydney Airport bonds. The indicative yields ranged between 2.7% and 2.93% on 20 November 2015. XTBs are now on offer over bonds from listed ...

iShares to launch global fixed income ETFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... and will give investors access to a range of global fixed income options, including investment grade corporate fixed rate bonds, high yield corporate bonds and emerging market bonds. The iShares Global Corporate Bond ETF will be benchmarked against the ...

CalPERS sells $4.2bn in real estate assets

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... median range of the suggested allocations was 15%. "Low correlation of real estate returns with returns of equities and bonds are typically the key argument for including real estate in a mixed-asset portfolio," the fund said, adding that "this is especially ...

Share market risk returns are a lucky dip: Challenger

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
Investing in equities over government bonds is equivalent to taking a spin on the wheel of fortune according to research published jointly by Challenger and Drew, Walk & Co. The research says equity risk premiums (ERP) - the additional equity return ...

FIIG arranges $40m Sunland bond issue

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... Capital, Brisbane-based developer Stockwell, Sydney-based developer Payce, and global infrastructure developer Plenary. "Bonds are a very effective way for developers to diversify their debt and raise capital without taking on expensive mezzanine finance ...

XTB floaters listed on ASX

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
Australian investors can now access senior floating rate notes (floaters) through ASX-listed exchange traded bonds (XTB) for the first time. The Australian Corporate Bond Company (ACBC) has listed bonds issued by banks AMP, BoQ (two XTBs), NAB (two ...

Multi-sector investments reach $555 billion

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... billion of managed fund assets invested in multi-sector investment trusts, superannuation funds, pensions and insurance bonds as at 31 July 2015, according to Morningstar. The researcher recently completed qualitative research assessments of 59 multi-sector ...

FEATURE: The circle of life

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... was a very static approach. "That evolved into target date funds where money was essentially transferred from equities to bonds as an individual approaches retirement." According to Rajan, lifecycle funds then moved to hybrid target date funds whereby ...

The importance of Asian trade agreements

GREG O'NEILL, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, LA TROBE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015