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Light at the end of the tunnel for EM debt

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
The correction in emerging markets fixed income has started, but this also means that the rebound is closer than investors initially expected, Lazard Asset Management said. In January 2015, it took one and a half months before emerging markets debt ...

Milliman seeing shift in bond portfolios

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... retirement," he said. Milliman has focused its energy on going down a growth oriented path where benefits include dividend yield that comes out of global equity markets and Australia with franking credits. Matterson said these are well above short term ...

SMSF investors reducing cash and shares

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors are reducing holdings in cash and term deposits and listed shares according to the latest data from OneVue. Reduction rates in these investment classes have slowed over the past two years yet they still ...

Rising bond yields a blip

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
A recent rise in bond yields across Europe, America and Australia is nothing but a blip on the radar according to Altair Asset Management chief economist, Stephen Roberts. In his latest economic insights column, Roberts said the risk of recession in ...

Game theory theorises no Grexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... close to being hammered sent the Athens SE General index soaring up by 8.2% at the close of their trading day... and the yield on 10-year Greek bonds dropping from 11.62% to 11.23% And then the bomb... after trading closed. No deal! "There are major ...

BOJ in (tactical) retreat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... specifically, that el Greko and 'the institutions' are progressing towards a deal. Never mind the bond market sell-off that saw the yield on 10-year German bunds break above 1% overnight - the first since September last year. A deal would kick the Greek ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
The Australian share market looks set to open higher after a strong lead from the US stock market. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 51 points at 5,526. Wall Street rose more than one per cent as technology ...

Market flat at noon

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
The Australian share market was flat at noon, giving investors some hope of a breather after six consecutive days of losses. Traders might have come to a consensus that prices had fallen far enough and would wait for further developments before committing ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat following an anemic lead from the US. At 0644 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up three points at 5,465. Wall Street stocks finished little-changed as a the General Electric ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open lower, following falls on Wall Street overnight. At 0654 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 25 points at 5,477. US stocks were lower, led by large declines in technology ...