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Mind over matter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Unlike the Greek tragedies of bailout past, investors appear to be taking a mind over matter attitude towards Grexit these days - that is, if you don't mind, it doesn't matter. The performance of the markets' fear gauge - the VIX index - tells us so. ...

IFS opens unlisted infrastructure assets to retail investors

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
IFM Investors' unlisted Australian infrastructure fund can now be accessed by retail investors, via a vehicle managed by Industry Fund Services (IFS) The IFS Infrastructure Investment Model pools retail investors' funds and then invests them in the ...

Breathing space or gasping room?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... 2013 episode, Portugal, Ireland, Spain and Italy's bond yields no longer follow the ups and downs of that of Greece's. The yield on Portugal's 10-year government bonds has declined from 2.67% at the start of the year to 2.21% last Friday; Ireland's down ...

Low rates set to push fixed income ETF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... want from your fixed income allocation." The iShares Composite Bond ETF holds 87.24% of government bonds with an average yield to maturity of 2.47% and a running yield of 4.59%.

Grexit not Greek to Brits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
No deal! This is the latest news on the Greek bail out talks, and onwards until the next bluff we go... until the 11th hour when ultimately Greece and its creditors suddenly become lovey-dovey once more holding hands while kicking the can down the road ...

Stimulate or deflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... via the strong US dollar. It's starting to rear its ugly head there now. The differential between the 10-year US Treasury yield and the yield on 10-year Treasury inflation protected securities (TIPS) - a gauge of inflation expectations -- has eased to ...

Focus on yield is distorting asset prices: PM Capital

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
Australian investors' strong focus on yield is distorting asset prices and increasing the risk of falling into a "yield trap," PM Capital head of distribution Rob Thompson said. The focus on yield is compromising the risk/reward proposition and introducing ...

AMP Capital buys Sydney hospital

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... infrastructure assets because of the limited or no demand risk; stable, government-backed, inflation-linked returns; attractive yield and low volatility; and the fact these investments have a positive community benefit." Established in 1885, Royal North ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
It's raining jobs...A hallelujah... it's raining jobs! Yes Virginia, I'm sure that you too are excited (and you can't hide it) seeing the latest instalment of the US non-farm payrolls report that showed most measures up. It was all up for the US labour ...

Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
"US Stocks Climb as Oil Gains, Pfizer Rises on Hospira Purchase" This was Bloomberg's take on the whys and the wherefores for the S&P 500 index's 1.0% rebound overnight after slipping by 0.4% the day before that was prompted by a 9% plunge in oil prices ...