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Chief economist update: Thanks for nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... curve isn't yet inverted (which would presage a recession), but as the Fed continues to raise the fed funds rate, long bond yields would fall (amid expectations of receding inflation). Could it be that the Fed has now reached its neutral level of ...

Australia's first active fixed income ETF goes live

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... Sydney yesterday, Western Asset Management portfolio manager Anthony Kirkham listed the Betashares Legg Mason Australian Bond Fund. The ETF (ASX: BNDS) is built on back of Western Asset Management's Australia Bond Fund which has about $600 million ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
More investors are turning to fixed income ETFs as a way to finetune their bond portfolios. Karren Vergara finds out what is driving the demand and why this new wave of defensive ETFs is here to stay. Recalling the sharp market correction that stung ...

TCorp sets green bond record

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
New South Wales Treasury Corporation (TCorp) recently raised $1.8 billion to fund the NSW Government's first green bond. It is a record for the Australian green bond market. Launched on November 8, the green bond issue had a minimum size of $500 ...

ALP victory to have meaningful impact: Daintree

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... investments. Then when something happens, they react. Which precisely the wrong way of doing things," Tyler said. "For us as bond investors this is actually a good thing. What we hope is that we start to see a rotation on the part of Australian investors ...

GAM chief executive steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... identified issues with risk management processes and record keeping. Haywood oversaw the group's suite of absolute return bond funds. The suspension triggered an overwhelming number of redemptions and GAM was forced to halt trading and liquidate ...

Chief economist update: BOE waiting on Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... monetary policy unchanged at its September and October meetings - Bank Rate at 0.75% and maintained "the stock of UK government bond purchases, financed by the issuance of central bank reserves, at £435 billion". This, despite the UK central bank maintaining ...

AustralianSuper awards $500m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... Australian dollars. It was founded in 2014 by former JP Morgan bonds salesman Angus Coote and former Bank of America Merrill Lynch bond trader Charles Jamieson. As at 30 September, the strategy had returned 0.36% per annum above the index return of 2.89% ...

Chief economist update: BOJ on a steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... Monetary policy settings will remain unchanged - policy rate unchanged at -0.1%; the target for 10-year Japanese government bond (JGBs) yield at around zero; and, bond purchases would be maintained at an annual pace of ¥80 trillion - although the financial ...

Super funds react to market sell off

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
AustralianSuper and Equip Super are among the superannuation funds reassuring members as the S&P/ASX 200 slid close to its lowest in a year last Thursday. On October 25, The S&P/ASX 200 closed more than 6% lower than at the start of the year, on the ...