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Henderson announces record profits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... bonds to equities had not been as significant as expected. "Despite the US Federal Reserve's intention to slow quantitative easing, we have experienced less of the anticipated Great Rotation from bonds to equities," he said. "Instead, we experienced ...

Balanced funds ill-suited for fixed income blow-up

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... Typical balanced superannuation portfolios are ill-equipped to protect investors from the impending end of quantitative easing and the subsequent rise in global bond yields, according to Russell director of client strategies for Asia Pacific Scott Fletcher. ...

Gold headed to $3k an ounce says ETF pioneer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... Tuckwell, who was reportedly worth $775 million in 2012, said that potential tapering in the US Federal Reserve's quantitative easing program does not deal with the problem. "It's one thing to actually slow down the bond purchases, but where's the repayment ...

Weak tenant demand hurts Aussie property outlook

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... and edge-of-core properties." The report added that the inevitable rise in bond yields following the end of quantitative easing in the US, real estate will perform well relative to other asset classes, especially fixed income.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... program should be wound up by the end of this year. US Fed chairman Ben Bernanke signalled last month that quantitative easing (QE) could end by mid-2014, depending on economic circumstances, which caused a plunge in the Australian dollar. In local economic ...

Dismiss fixed income at your peril

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... Bell. While recent comments from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke have signaled a possible tapering of quantitative easing before the close of 2013, the spectre of rising bond yields should not cause investors undue concern, Bell said. "Many ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... sales. The chief of the US Federal Reserve's New York branch, William Dudley, also weighed in to emphasise how quantitative easing, a massive bond-buying stimulus program, would continue if the economy does not live up to current forecasts. Mr Radford ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... week's announcement the Fed could start winding back its $US85 billion-a-month cash stimulus program, known as quantitative easing or QE. "Some are suggesting that the current state of affairs in China is very similar to that seen in the US pre-GFC (global ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... week's announcement the Fed could start winding back its $US85 billion-a-month cash stimulus program, known as quantitative easing or QE. "Some are suggesting that the current state of affairs in China is very similar to that seen in the US pre-GFC (global ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... cent-plus plunge on Thursday, following the US Federal Reserve's plan to end by mid-2014 its $US85 billion-a-month quantitative easing measures. The Australian market has recovered from steeper opening dips but RBS Morgans Ipswich manager Tony Russell ...