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Sunsuper acquires multi-million dollar shopping centre

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  SATURDAY, 8 JUL 2017
... that unlisted commercial property and infrastructure are likely to continue to benefit from the ongoing search for investor yield.

Hawkish central banks? Not the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
The release of the minutes of the Fed's and the ECB's June meetings have brought back financial market trepidation - sparked by last week's hawkish comments from central bank heads of the US, the Eurozone and the UK - that the end of cheap money is ...

Whitehelm boosts water investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... support Yorkshire Water's issuance of a junior debt package, Whitehelm head of infrastructure debt Alexander Waller said high-yield infrastructure debt continues to offer an excellent return compared to senior debt and big-ticket infrastructure equity. ...

Mystery buyer for $800m Aussie bond record

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... offered to the public, 42 bids were made and one successful bidder secured the entire offering. The bonds were sold at a yield of 2.27% and are scheduled to mature on 21 April 2029. Elsewhere in fixed interest, the Legg Mason Western Asset Australian ...

DomaCom launches affordable housing crowdfunding

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
DomaCom is partnering to launch a new crowdfunded investment vehicle, this time focusing on "resort-style" affordable housing for retirees. The partnership with Akuna Lifestyle Estates will see eight stages of development over three to four years to ...

Australian end of financial year sale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... metrics like P/E ratios but qualified that: "those ratios ought to depend on long-term interest rates." Perhaps, but while the yield on US 10-year bonds have risen to 2.27% overnight, they're still lower than the 2.44% rate at the start of 2017 and the ...

Zagga pitches alternative asset class

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... products - providing access to returns above the cash rate at acceptable risk. "The problem investors have is that there is no yield out there," Greenstein said. "Rates are very low, managed products are exceptionally expensive, and not everyone can ...

The Fed's inflation and asset price conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... inflation become endemic and ingrained. So we certainly want to avoid that". Inflation expectations - as measured by the 10-year yield differential between US Treasuries and TIPS (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities) have clearly trended lower. The ...

New cash fund targets retirees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
... accept significant risks with their investments. The fund combines the stability of cash-style investments with access to the yield available from a mortgage trust, meaning investors don't have to settle for returns that barely beat inflation, he added. ...

VanEck launches floating rate ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
... derived from the Bloomberg AusBond Credit FRN 0+ Yr Index, which comprises about 200 FRNs from 80 issuers. It has a running yield of 2.74% as at 31 May 2017. "We are delighted to shortly be offering a passive FRN option for Australian investors. FLOT ...