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Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... the funds' NAV. Research shows bond ETFs on average trade four to five times more frequently than the underlying bond market, he notes. Perhaps the biggest benefit of fixed income ETFs, he says, is lower transaction costs derived from units of ETFs ...

TCorp sets green bond record

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... recently raised $1.8 billion to fund the NSW Government's first green bond. It is a record for the Australian green bond market. Launched on November 8, the green bond issue had a minimum size of $500 million but attracted bids of about $2.6 billion. ...

Chief economist update: US bond yield jump made FTSE slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... forward interest rate hikes would be "at a gradual pace and to a limited extent." However, the recent sell-off in the US bond market has hit the FTSE 100 harder than its counterparts, dropping by 1.2%. This compares with losses of: 0.9% for the S&P 500 ...

Chief economist update: That other Fed policy towards normalcy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... the yield on 10-year US Treasury bonds surging by 12 bps to 3.18% - the highest rate since mid-2011 - overnight, the bond market doesn't seem to be completely buying this strong growth, stable and low inflation scenario. Eco 101 dictates that strong ...

Nikko expands green bond capability

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... sovereign agencies that provide the leading standard of reporting and project selection," Severino said. The green bond market was worth US$372 billion as at 31 December 2017. New issuance in the green bond space was US$155 billion last year, according ...

LIT serves up junk bonds to SMSFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... Hertz and the market has matured dramatically since the 1980s," Bommi said. "Back then the companies in the high-yield bond market were speculative, but the companies are now much more diverse, global stable and have proven businesses models." The median ...

Alternative investment manager partners with VC firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
An ASX-listed alternative investment manager has entered into non-binding term sheet with New York-based early stage venture capital firm Scout Ventures for a stake in a proposed US$50 million fund. Auctus Alternative Investments will acquire up to ...

Global fixed income manager mulls active bond ETFs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
... and marketing executive Jonathon Baird said the fixed income manager would like to see a broadening of the corporate bond market. "We'd like to see a broadening out of that market but we'd also like to see, I guess, more vehicles readily available at ...

Robeco wins two mandates worth $500m

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... in Robeco's fundamental global credits strategy. The strategy is unconstrained and invests across the corporate bond market, including investment grade bonds in developed markets, high-yield and emerging market debt. "As we continue to broaden out ...

Chief economist update: We're headed for surplus (if assumptions hold)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... time Australia enjoyed a Budget surplus (to the point that speculations back then was that Australia doesn't need a bond market no longer, it doesn't need to borrow money from the rest of the world) - when the surplus, equivalent to 1.7% of GDP in 2008 ...