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China heading for debt disaster, sure sure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... happen if China suffered a debt disaster...it would have to call on its debt to these nations (sell US Treasuries and euro bonds). China holds around US$1.1 trillion of US Treasuries and guesstimated to be holding around US$900 billion of euro bonds. ...

Reflation, rotation and the taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... announcement and "abenomics' in April - the economies of the world would have nowhere to go but improve (reflate), putting bonds under pressure (rotation out of this asset class and into growth-oriented equities). Financial markets dipped over the re-emergence ...

LGS carbon screening possible, but not imminent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... Bartnett said: "We invest in carbon assets where they're available and represent good investment returns." An example is green bonds. "The low-carbon finance area is really getting very interesting. It's the role of what the private sector can do to ...

Managed funds top $1 trillion despite weak flows

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

Pension funds eye alternative credit strategies amid interest rate uncertainty

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

US tapering to harm key EM countries

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... expected once tapering starts will also affect markets with a strong presence of foreign investors. "In Indonesia 32% of bonds are held by foreign investors, so Indonesia is going to be affected by tapering," Cairns said. However, he added that he expects ...

Franking credits hindering corporate bond market: AMP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
... half," he said. AMP Capital is particularly active in the investment grade corporate bond area. It recently bought A- grade bonds issued by Wesfarmers to fund the sale and triple-net-leaseback of 15 freehold Bunnings Group Limited Properties. The bonds ...

That evil word is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... third day on taper worries (WSJ); Wall St drops as Fed taper risk rises (AFR); Fear of stimulus taper hits global stocks; bonds, yen up (Reuters). I might need to prefix my surname again with the letters "W" and "R" for if the headlines are correct then ...

Super returns climb to 16.1pct, ahead of pre-GFC glory days

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... despite the AUD increasing in value relative to the USD by 2% during the month. In contrast, domestic and international bonds again returned 2% and 4% respectively. Direct property maintained its 9% result but A-REITs have fallen further posting 13% ...

Advisers should review aged care strategies ahead of reform

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... manager of Aged Care services Anna Lawton. The reforms will bring new terminology and new requirements. Today's accommodation bonds will be replaced with refundable accommodation deposits (RADs) and period payments will be named daily accommodation payments ...