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Don't underestimate LNG boom: BNP Paribas

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... strategic long-term investors, they're not going away any time soon." He also said Japanese investors are buying kangaroo bonds - foreign issued Aussie dollar bonds - "very aggressively"

Altius launches ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... and therefore lack the defensive characteristics that bond investors require. Alitus' ESG filter automatically excludes bonds from the fund's investment universe if the primary business activity of the issuer includes activities related to the production ...

Investors blind to arbitrage opportunity in emerging market debt

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
Investors can get better yields on BBB investment grade bonds in emerging markets that they can on junk bonds in the developed world but investors' prejudice means most are missing out, according to Loomis Sayles head of emerging markets investments ...

FIIG nabs JB Were head of advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... income streams by participating in the fixed income market." FIIG has more than $11 billion in term deposits and corporate bonds under advice in its short-term money market, bonds and custody business.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... 6,723.42 points. A signal by a senior ECB official on Wednesday that the central bank could begin major purchases of government bonds of eurozone countries sent the yields, or interest paid, on them down as investors tried to lock in returns. HONG KONG ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... - Europe's main stock markets closed flat after the European Central Bank signalled it could begin purchasing government bonds, but not until 2015. The Frankfurt-based ECB will be able to gauge early 2015 whether it needs to start buying sovereign bonds ...

FEATURE: A new world order in active management

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... a near 20% annualised return over the course of his career, he wants 10% of his estate invested in short-term government bonds and the rest allocated to a simple S&P 500 index fund when he dies. The comments led index fund provider Vanguard to declare ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... US$0.88 next month, then to US$0.90 by the middle of next year and then US$0.92 by end-2015. Westpac's rationale - Australian bonds yield premium over the US won't narrow because of investor demand for our AAA rating -- is as rational as Mr. Boyton's ...

ASX and Bank of China sign major agreement

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... trade relationship with China and in our domestic financial markets. This could include the development of RMB-denominated bonds and derivatives that can be quoted and traded on ASX. It will also improve the attractiveness of Australia as a listings ...

SEC imposes US$4.16bn in penalties

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... against securities exchanges, investment managers, securities trading firms, private equity firms, issuers of municipal bonds, brokers, accounting firms and adviser firms. The SEC also detailed 52 insider trading actions against financial insiders, attorneys ...