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Fund managers expect clients to turn aggressive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... the prospects for equity returns in most markets, while remaining concerned about world growth and medium-term government bonds. During the next five years, the majority of managers expect the world's largest economies to experience mild growth, with ...

Chinese currency reforms to transform bond benchmarks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... with the People's Bank of China, and that it intends to invest 5% of its foreign exchange reserves in Chinese sovereign bonds. "China's government bond market is the third-largest in the world and last year the renminbi overtook the euro to become the ...

Singapore lifts CPF rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... special purposes such as funding their health care, housing and education needs. CPF assets are primarily held in government bonds with returns to members guaranteed to be at least 2.5% pa but members can place excess funds in investment linked accounts ...

(Back) wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... the financial markets' reaction. Australian equities rose a bit (plus 0.3% on the ASX 200), the yield on 10-year Aussie bonds skip a bit (plus 4 bps) and the dollar-A gyrated around US$0.90 but finished practically unchanged. It could be because the ...

Equity-like bonds most attractive

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Equity-like fixed income areas and higher real-yielding sovereigns in developing markets can provide strong bond opportunities for 2014, according to Brandywine. The prospect of rising interest rates globally has lowered investors return expectations ...

ASIC sets its sights on hybrid securities

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... hybrids, misleading advertisements, and unwarranted comparison of hybrids to different, less risky products e.g. covered bonds or senior debt. The new guide, which uses everyday language, explains the differences between hybrids issued by banks and hybrids ...

New EM bond rater proposes fresh approach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... moving away from the traditional headline filter of 'investment grade' and 'non-investment grade' in preference to grouping bonds according to their probability of default. He acknowledged that investors may regard low and moderate probability risk as ...

Credit to escape impending bond rout

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
Fixed income investors should avoid the worst of the impact of rising interest rates by holding bonds with higher yields, according to UBS Wealth Management global chief investment officer Alexander Friedman. With interest rates at record lows across ...

Emerging emerging markets concerns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014

Equity returns hinge on corporate spending

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014