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Chief economist update: Three ayes for a rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... Rate at 0.5%. The Committee voted unanimously to maintain the stock of sterling non-financial investment-grade corporate bond purchases, financed by the issuance of central bank reserves, at £10 billion. The Committee also voted unanimously to maintain ...

TCorp to issue sustainability bonds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
The NSW Government's debt issuer is making a move into sustainability bonds, with the first issuance expected in the second half of 2018. TCorp's sustainability bonds will raise capital for environmentally or socially responsible projects. NSW ...

Industry leaders in sales and marketing recognised at MAX Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... BT Panorama - Managed Accounts Finalists: HUB24 - #notjustanotherplatform JP Morgan - Systematic Alpha / Global Strategic Bond Funds T. Rowe Price - T. Rowe Price Dynamic Global Bond Fund Alliance Bernstein - AB Dynamic Global Fixed Income Fund Custom ...

Perpetual launches ethical fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
Perpetual launched a new fund that applies strict social and ethical considerations to meet a gap in the local fixed income market. The Perpetual Ethical SRI Credit Fund aims to meet investors' growing demand for a diversified portfolio of ethical ...

Macquarie bolsters green investments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
Macquarie Group issued a new loan facility, including $880 million to be specifically directed into green projects. Totalling more than $3.5 billion, Macquarie said its new facility demonstrates its ongoing commitment to green energy and technology ...

Pension fund becomes green lender

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
A $470 billion pension fund is set to issue its inaugural green bond, providing additional funding to increase its own green holdings. Claiming to be the first pension fund to do so, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) described the issuance ...

Global $221bn manager hires BlackRock exec for new Australian office

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... and further expand our footprint in Australia, where we have already seen significant success marketing our absolute return bond and alternative risk premia strategies." This article was updated at 3.13pm.

Aussie fixed income managers with global teams outperform: Zenith

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
In the Australian fixed income sector, fund managers that ran global teams outperformed those with domestic-only teams over the 10 years to April, according to the latest research from Zenith Investment Partners. However, the edge in the global-teams' ...

Japan needs trade peace with the US

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... This prompted speculations of a policy exit that in turn, sent the Japanese yen and the yield on 10-year Japanese government bond yields higher, nullifying the BOJ's efforts. Japan needs to come good on its external accounts especially with the latest ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... because it can indicate inflation may be going up which might force interest rates to increase. When interest rates go up bond investors can suffer because the interest yields on their bonds may not be high enough to exceed expected inflation and this ...