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Chief economist update: Beam us up Scotty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... hurdle rate - of 10% even after funding costs have fallen sharply over the past few years. Australia's AAA corporate bond yields have fallen to around 1.5% from about 4% five years ago and over 6% 10-years before. Even yields on BBB-rated corporates ...

Bloomberg launches equity benchmarks

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... versions of the value, growth and dividend indices. It also includes U.S. large cap equity and investment-grade corporate bond ESG indices. Global head of Bloomberg indices Steve Berkley said building equity index capabilities was a natural extension ...

Purdue bankruptcy vindicates ESG screens

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
Purdue Pharma has filed for bankruptcy after facing a slew of lawsuits for the mismarketing of its product OxyContin. The company's marketing and mislabelling of OxyContin has seen it accused of causing the opioid addiction crisis in the US. Purdue ...

QIC launches China bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... approval for its partnered fund that will invest in China corporate bonds. The US$50 million QIC Ping An China Corporate Bond Fund is a partnership between QIC and China's Ping An Asset Management Company (PAAMC). The fund is one of the first Australian ...

Government moves to expand design, distribution laws

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... basic banking products, products sold in certain situations where the obligations could be avoided, and simple corporate bond depository interests in specific circumstances. According to the explanatory memorandum for the draft regulations, the extension ...

Chief economist update: Bonds do the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
How low can they go? Be afraid, be very afraid. A great number of investors are buying into the relative safety of long-term government bonds despite their dwindling yields, and in the case of the Japanese and Eurozone 10-year government bonds, negative ...

US bonds present ESG problem

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... companies "Most Australian companies will raise money through the banks but in the US more of it goes directly to the corporate bond market. So you have more unlisted companies raising money through the corporate debt market," she said. "I don't ...

New Bond ETF for BetaShares

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
BetaShares announced the launch of the BetaShares Australian Government Bond ETF -adding to its stable of fixed income products. The Australian Government Bond ETF (ASX: AGVT) aims to track the performance of an index that provides exposure to a portfolio ...

Bonds raise alarm at fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
A boutique fixed income manager is trying to placate investors over its bets on potentially risky corporate bonds issued by companies owned by a European financier. H20 Asset Management invested in unrated bonds issued by companies related to billionaire ...

Chief economist update: BOE lets peers do the heavy lifting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... admitted in its June statement that: "Trade concerns have contributed to volatility in global equity prices and corporate bond spreads, as well as falls in industrial metals prices. Forward interest rates in major economies have fallen materially further. ...