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BlackRock drops fees on bond ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... Yield Plus ETF (IYLD) tracks a customised Bloomberg index that measures the performance of the Australian corporate bond market after excluding issuance from the big four banks. IYLD is targeting 0.75% to 1% yield margin over the RBA cash rate and will ...

Economic outlook not as bad as predicted: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia governor Phillip Lowe said the extent of the economic downturn, as a result of the impacts of COVID-19, is not as dire as expected. At the June meeting, the RBA board decided to maintain the current policy settings, keeping ...

BlackRock iShares launches two ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... Yield Plus ETF (IYLD) tracks a customised Bloomberg index that measures the performance of the Australian corporate bond market after excluding issuance from the big four banks. IYLD is targeting 0.75% to 1% yield margin over the RBA cash rate and will ...

Iress inks bond exchange partnership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... move was driven by user demand. "We're excited to have built a simpler, more efficient way to access the corporate bond market," Gross said. "The new electronic interface removes inefficient, manual data entry processes, making it easier for brokers ...

Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... growth outlook," Kase said. "Additionally, Australia hasn't had the growth that we have seen in the offshore corporate bond market, which has also declined in quality." Kase believes there are opportunities in the corporate bond space in the infrastructure ...

TCorp funding hits $10bn since late March

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... new 2027 rate note, which increased to $1.2 billion. TCorp head of funding & balance sheet Fiona Trigona said the bond market had become more stable following a period of unprecedented volatility. "The bond markets both domestically and offshore have ...

Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... tolerances." Frontier Advisors principal consultant Andrew Kemp said with central banks buying up parts of the high yield bond market, investors have wanted to follow suit. "We've seen some investors looking to participate in credit markets particularly ...

The next big short

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
Late last year, before extreme weather events battered the world, before COVID-19, The Big Short 's Michael Burry said he had found the next bubble: passive investments. Now, with asset prices trembling in the face of the pandemic, could there still ...

BlackRock bullish on China

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... rationale for investing in Chinese equities." Powell and Taw said the focus is not just on equities, with the Chinese bond market presenting good opportunities. "We see several reasons for global investors to grow their ownership of Chinese bonds," they ...

Opportunities in fixed interest during crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... for it, according to Janus Henderson head of Australian fixed interest Jay Sivapalan. Despite the illiquidity of the bond market, Sivapalan explains, the Australian government and Reserve Bank's fiscal measures are supporting the economy and providing ...