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Jeremy Cooper explores the inconvenient truth of super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... probability-based outcomes and a risk-free retirement: one backed entirely by the Age Pension and Commonwealth government bonds, for example. Once they have worked out this retirement income philosophy, they can work on the delivery." Cooper also suggested ...

XTB expands retail offering, launches responsible SMA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... equity ETFs - which most definitely isn't. Some fixed income ETFs would invest more than 80% of the portfolio in government bonds that keeps issuing longer dated bonds, and advisers have no choice but to keep tracking it and find themselves locked in ...

Mystery buyer for $800m Aussie bond record

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
A single buyer has snapped up all $800 million of Australian government bonds issued by the Australian Office of Financial Management on Wednesday. It is reported to be the largest single purchase of Treasury Bonds based on auction records dating back ...

Spreads reduced in bond trading facility

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... market bonds, one in five trades have seen their spreads reduced by 50 bps and some even above 100 bps. In liquid government bonds, the majority of the trades are now executed on mid-prices or close to mid-prices, effectively cancelling the bid/offer ...

The growth-inflation divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... outlook. But while it kept the repo rate unchanged at -0.5%, "the Executive Board decided to extend the purchases of government bonds by SEK 15 billion during the second half of 2017 and to hold the repo rate unchanged at a^\'0.50 per cent. The repo ...

BT Panorama lists sovereign bond fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... the fund is actively managed and aims to generate income by investing in a globally diversified portfolio of government bonds and currencies, with a recommended five to seven years investment timeframe. Morningstar recently awarded it a 'silver' analyst ...

Top 10 investment stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... invests in a broader range of securities and strategies across Australian and international securities and includes government bonds, non-government bonds and high-yield loans - it is mostly hedged in to Australian dollars to reduce the impact of currency ...

Markets fear Trump effect on global trade

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... in the week to 2 November as investors looked for safer assets," he said. Investors also scrambled for "core" government bonds, gold and the Yen," he said, a trend that could continue in the next few weeks. For self-funded retirees, there's more bad ...

Government bond strategy added to HUB24

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... more defensive anchor to their portfolios. "JCB believes that our true to label active approach to Australian Government Bonds provides investors with a cornerstone allocation to pure and consistent defensive characteristics that has not been available ...

Investors must look to dividend yield over growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... environment has those preparing for retirement scrambling, as traditional sources of income - in the form of government bonds and bank deposits - are unlikely to provide the yields necessary to maintain spending power. In this context, we believe from ...