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LMCI's portrait of labour market conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... down 1.1%; and the Russell 2000, down 1.4%. They all jumped too. The US dollar index rose by 1.3%; yields on US 10-year bonds increased by 13 basis points to 2.24% -- its highest level since the day before Xmas 2014 and the VIX index jumped by 8.3% to ...

Retail super bounces back

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... January just as the rolling 12 month returns for international shares jumped from 15% to 20%. Domestic and international bonds meanwhile posted returns of 10% and 12% fuelled by falling interest rates and the sliding AUD. Cash again returned 2.7% but ...

European insurers attract dividend seekers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... context with the current low interest rates. Today the sector yields 350bp more than a basket of investment grade corporate bonds," Amundi noted. Insurance is third best sector in Europe for dividend yield. Amundi added that while the insurance sector's ...

A little tweet told me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... of the deal's final approval. The Athex composite index soared by 9.8% on the day (24 Feb) and the yield on Greek 10-year bonds dropped by 60 bps to 8.51%. Not bad for a day's work... of deceit.

PM Capital global fund boosts income growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... said, and added: "We firmly believe that the risk reward from owning a business is far superior to that of owning government bonds, property or cash." He noted that "we continue to find compelling valuation opportunities offshore, relative to the Australian ...

Breathing space or gasping room?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... and Italy's bond yields no longer follow the ups and downs of that of Greece's. The yield on Portugal's 10-year government bonds has declined from 2.67% at the start of the year to 2.21% last Friday; Ireland's down to 0.96% from 1.24%; Spain's down to ...

Low rates set to push fixed income ETF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... opposite from what you want from your fixed income allocation." The iShares Composite Bond ETF holds 87.24% of government bonds with an average yield to maturity of 2.47% and a running yield of 4.59%.

New SIV proposals a boon to venture capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... The changes, which represent a significant departure from the initial requirement to invest only in low risk Government bonds, are designed to inject much needed funding into entrepreneurial projects. "The reforms are aimed at better directing investment ...

Nikko launches absolute return fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
Nikko Asset Management has launched an absolute return fund with exposure to Asian equities and bonds aimed at institutional investors. The fund is managed by Singapore-based manager Robert Mann who has approximately 30 years of experience in the securities ...

New online bond researcher launches

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... investors, BondAdviser monitors all ASX-listed interest rate securities and a "large range" of over-the-counter corporate bonds. Its facilities include recommendations, educational and investment tools and model portfolios. "BondAdviser will play an ...