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Investors missing healthy returns amid bond fears

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... updating the market as more and more of the world's bonds trade at negative rates but you can still buy Japanese Government Bonds at positive yields. Duration still works. Bonds can still go up in price," Grow said. Though global investors have been ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... debt Chinese holdings of US Treasury bonds has fallen A$1.7 trillion or about 30% of the A$5.3 trillion in US government bonds owned by foreign countries. The liabilities held by China have reduced following China's decision to sell down its holdings ...

Bond investors must relax benchmark constraints

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... Switzerland. Managing director of QIC's Global Liquid Strategies (GLS), Susan Buckley, said around 30% of the world's government bonds and an increasing amount of corporate bonds trade with negative yields. "The central banks have gone down the negative ...

Legg Mason bond trust upgraded

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... Management, a fixed income specialist with $US436 billion under management. The strategy invests principally in government bonds, corporate bonds and other fixed interest securities. In its fund review, Zenith noted that the trust is "one of the strongest ...

XTBs and SMAs a good match

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... "However this is changing - recent innovations, such as XTBs, fixed income ETFs and exchange-traded Australian government bonds, are making it much easier for retail investors to access fixed income, on ASX." He added fixed income should form a critical ...

PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... on his death. "My advice to the trustee couldn't be more simple," he wrote. "Put 10% of the cash in short-term government bonds and 90% in a very low-cost S&P 500 index fund (I suggest Vanguard's)." This endorsement prompted Bogle to declare the Berkshire ...

Global bond funds underinvested in EMD

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... debt is delivering better returns and lower risks than developed markets. Since a large portion of the world's government bonds have low or negative interest rates, emerging market bonds have merited more attention. Investors should be considering emerging ...

Government bonds no longer a safe bet

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
Once considered a safe bet for portfolio diversification, Australian government bonds are no longer delivering value, according to Simon Stevenson, head of strategy, multi-asset at Schroder Investment Management Australia. Speaking as part of an asset ...

Further monetary stimulus risks woeful asset returns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... Milligan. "Negative interest rates have been a taboo all of our working lives but we now have well over a quarter of government bonds around the world being issued at negative rates. We have reached the stage when we have to speculate about such matters." ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... government debt is held by foreigners, down from 75% in December 2012. But illustrating how attractive Australian government bonds have become to foreign global investors, in 2003 only one third of Australia's government debt was held by foreigners. ...

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