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Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... bunch right now, as companies become focused on deleveraging (or lowering their debt metrics)," Innes said. "As a corporate bond investor, you sit higher up in the capital structure and benefit when chief financial officer's scrap the dividend as there ...

Northern Trust touts new ESG tool to instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
The fast-growing custodian is pitching a new ESG analytics tools to local superannuation funds and asset managers to track, compare and benchmark their ESG score. Northern Trust, which is best known in Australia as custodian to a number of public sector ...

Pandemic puts pressure on ETF spreads

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
The spreads on many exchange-traded products were wider than usual amid the COVID-19 market crash, with price discovery becoming increasingly more difficult. That's according to ETF Securities co-head of sales Kanish Chugh, who pointed to global equity ...

BlackRock turns optimistic on credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
Central bank action including buying corporate bonds combined with cheapened valuation has led BlackRock Investment Institute to upgrade credit to a modest overweight. BlackRock's latest six to 12 month tactical views on major global asset classes (in ...

Chief economist update: Credit ratings downgrades versus fiscal salvation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) acted quickly in response to the coronavirus outbreak. In an emergency meeting on March 16, the Japanese central bank announced it would buy ETFs at an annual pace of ¥12 trillion, double its J-REIT purchases to ¥180 billion ...

Fixed income liquidity squeeze bites

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... was 0.12% higher than the underlying portfolio's value. The ETF with the biggest discounts was VanEck's corporate bond plus ETF (PLUS) which ended the day's trading at -11.86% to the iNAV. "You can't actually get rid of the discount in ...

UNSW to ditch fossil fuels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) has announced it will move away from investment in fossil fuels. The University said it will divest from direct ownership and any commingled funds that include public equities and corporate bonds of companies ...

Not the time for long-term decisions: Baur

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
This year is not the time for investors to make bold, long-term calls, according to Principal Global Investors' Bob Baur. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney this morning, Principal Global Investors executive director ...

Millennials not attracted to property

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
Low return expectations may be impacting first home purchases among younger Aussies, with investors turning towards equities and bonds to reap stronger returns. That's according to the latest analysis from Fidelity, which compared real (inflation-adjusted) ...

Investment Leadership Awards finalists revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... Bond Fund Pendal Monthly Income Plus Fund Perpetual Dynamic Fixed Income Fund FIXED INCOME - CREDIT AMP Capital Corporate Bond Fund Janus Henderson Diversified Credit Fund Perpetual Credit Income Fund UBS Income Solution Fund Yarra Enhanced Income Fund ...