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Fixed income investors turning to Serbia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... return-seeking lines. As a "core stable" example, he cited Sweden, which has an AAA credit rating, low inflation and 0.15% average yield in the covered bonds market. A good defensive option was buying protection in Lloyds Bank in the UK. Interestingly ...

BetaShares Managed Risk Series hits $200m

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... relevant to the SMSF and retiree market. HVST, the longest running BetaShares Managed Risk fund, has delivered a distribution yield (paid monthly) of over 12% p.a. which compares to a yield of approximately 5% p.a. from the S&P/ASX 50. At the same time ...

Charter Hall's FUM grows to $17bn

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
Charter Hall's Core Plus Office Fund (CPOF) has created a new wholesale trust with Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI), together acquiring 100% of One Shelley Street, Sydney for $525 million. One Shelley Street, Sydney is 100% leased to Macquarie ...

Vanguard launches Australian corporate bond ETF

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... requirement in their portfolios. VACF can help to fine tune fixed income exposure, offering an option with normally higher yield than government-issued bonds, which typically make up a high proportion of holdings within diversified fixed income ETFs. ...

ACBC releases six fixed-rate XTBs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
The Australian Corporate Bond Company has listed six new fixed-rate exchange-traded bonds (XTBs) on the ASX today. The new release includes bonds from AGL, Alumina, Ausnet Services, BHP and Downer EDI. The indicative yields range from 2.764% to 4.538%. ...

FIIG launches bond mobile app

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
FIIG Securities has launched an app in the hopes of opening up the bond market to investors by providing unprecedented access to information about pricing and availability in the Over-The-Counter bond market. Updated daily the app will show investors ...

Centuria acquires Zenith Centre, launches new fund

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
Centuria Property Funds has exchanged contracts on the Zenith, an institutional grade office asset located in Chatswood. Centuria has also launched a new unlisted property fund, the Centuria Zenith Fund, which will co-invest with global investment firm ...

Minutes to disaster

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
Here we go again folks! It's back on again. Yes Virginia, not unless you've spent all of last week touring Mars would you not notice that the US Federal Reserve had been busily preparing planet earth for another lift... as soon as next month and by ...

Government bonds no longer a safe bet

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
Once considered a safe bet for portfolio diversification, Australian government bonds are no longer delivering value, according to Simon Stevenson, head of strategy, multi-asset at Schroder Investment Management Australia. Speaking as part of an asset ...

Investors looking to alternatives amid low cash rate

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... investors, beside the two of us, who would be attracted to it. "With the baby boomers getting older, with them desiring yield without risk, we just think the investment starts to make sense," Sher said. GCI's recently launch Diversified Income Fund has ...