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Janus Henderson promotes Aussie team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... above the benchmark in the last three years and charges a management fee of 0.45%. It holds a portfolio including government bonds, corporate debt both senior and subordinated, asset backed securities, supra national, hybrids, derivatives and cash. Credit ...

Chief economist update: The BOJ kills off specs (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... 2019." With regard to long-term interest rates that shot up only a few days ago: "The Bank will purchase Japanese government bonds (JGBs) so that 10-year JGB yields will remain at around zero percent. While doing so, the yields may move upward and downward ...

Pinnacle splashes $50m on acquisitions

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... and client solutions capability (including ESG), multi-asset investments and implementation capabilities across government bonds, corporate bonds, cash, FX and Australian and global equities. Omega's ex-Vanguard co-founders Andrew Gruskin and Mathew ...

ABDO unveils top investment strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... and shunned a focus on relative returns; picking value and quality stocks and staying away from long duration government bonds. For world equities to deliver healthy returns, valuations demand fast growth, low inflation and low interest rates and sustainable ...

Don't time equity returns with interest rates: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
... returns. After analysing the S&P/ASX 300 index monthly returns, RBA cash rates changes, and five-year and 10-year government bonds from 1980 to January 2018, the fund manager found "no discernible pattern." When the official cash rate rose, share market ...

Future Fund manager joins Fidante

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... Wrap and BT SuperWrap platforms. Ardea is a specialist fixed income manager focusing on local and international government bonds, fixed income derivatives, inflation-linked bonds and investment-grade credit. Ardea principal and co-founder Ben Alexander ...

Mercer increases Japanese footprint via acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... greater governance among investors is growing. In particular, Japanese institutional investors are moving away from government bonds into areas such as foreign markets and alternative investment funds. "This acquisition will enhance the Mercer delegated ...

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 ...