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Super Mario dropkicks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... asset-backed securities... under an ABS purchase programme (ABSPP)" and "purchase a broad portfolio of euro-denominated covered bonds issued by MFIs domiciled in the euro area under a new covered bond purchase programme (CBPP3)" starting in October - ...

Lifeplan appoints national BDM

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... business development manager. The position was created in response to increased demand from financial advisers for investment bonds. Bird was most recently business development manager, Victoria and Tasmania, with Lifeplan Funds Management. Prior to ...

'Bond King' Bill Gross leaves Pimco

AAP  |  SATURDAY, 27 SEP 2014
... "Money will leave Pimco. It's just a question of how much." Gross has trounced rivals for years with deft moves in and out of bonds, earning the title "Bond King" and attracting hundreds of billions of dollars into Pacific Investment Management Co. But ...

Ratings downgrade to trigger hybrid sell-off

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... regulators to convert them into equity in times of crisis, not the older hybrids like ANZPA that are structured more like bonds. This new generation of hybrids include NABPA, NABPB, WBCPD, WBCPE, CBAPC (Perls VI) and CBAPD (Perls VII). Australian investors ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... anymore, since the BOJ has dirtied the bond market waters with its purchases - "The Bank will purchase Japanese government bonds (JGBs) so that their amount outstanding will increase at an annual pace of about 50 trillion yen...". JGB investors certainly ...

ASX tees up $65m Yieldbroker deal

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... Australian and New Zealand debt securities and interest rate derivatives, including Australian government and semi-government bonds, treasury notes, corporate bonds, floating rate notes, New Zealand government bonds, interest rate swaps, overnight index ...

AllianceBernstein set to launch three renminbi funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... an RMB Income Plus Fund in 2011 to allow investors to participate in RMB appreciation while diversifying risk beyond RMB bonds.

QBE to invest $100 million in social benefit bonds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... investments over the next three years. QBE chief investment officer Gary Brader said: "We're very interested in social benefit bonds, because in addition to being very exciting, very clever instruments, from an investment perspective they're likely to ...

Prominent families back Future Generation philanthropic fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... director Peter Edwards added: "The fund represents an evolution in funding philanthropic endeavours akin to social venture bonds and crowd sourcing. "As a family that's involved in both the operation and funding of charities, we are very excited to be ...

SMSF collapses imminent in hunt for yield

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... underlying structures, which may be too complicated for an undirected investor to properly understand. "The weak structures of bonds that are being brought to market by investment banks remind me of 2006 and 2007. They have new names, but they are the ...