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Hybrid securities back in favour

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... $350 million Tier 1 hybrid two weeks ago. The Commonwealth Bank is also tapping into the growing investor demand for high yield with the recent launch of a $1.5 billion PERLS VI hybrid, which qualifies as a Tier 1 Capital offer. Since issuing the eagerly ...

Fund managers bullish on Asian bonds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... and bonds for Q4, 75% are overweight on hard currency Asian bonds, according to HSBC's latest global manager survey. High yield bonds (90% overweight) and global emerging market bonds (70% overweight) are the most popular with Europe's recent bond buying ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a lacklustre overnight lead from the US where employment figures came in better than expected. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was down one point at 4,493. ...

Yield at any cost flawed: GSAM

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
Uncertainty has caused a preoccupation with yield and safe haven stocks, said Goldman Sachs Asset Management's head of Australian equities. Cost pressures, low productivity and the impact of a strong Australian dollar are causing uncertainty, despite ...

EM debt not to be overlooked: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... Australia, HSBC. "From a client perspective, we are seeing interest. But the flip-side is that Australian's are used to a high-yield environment, and they ask whether the risk is appropriate," he said. Despite macro-economic stability, reduced inflation ...

Super funds out-perform TDs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
Super funds delivering 12 month returns of 6.8% are now almost two-thirds higher than their cash term deposit counterparts. SelectingSuper has just reported that the workplace default option index for the 12 months to end August 2012 skyrocketed in ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
Just when we thought we're done and over with playing the "would they, would they not" guessing came, another one comes along. We played the game last month. Those we bet on to do did. The European Central Bank announced Outright Monetary Transactions. ...

Suncorp and Bendigo jump on hybrid demand

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
Listed insurance company Suncorp is one of the latest to tap into investor demand for high yields with the launch of a $350 million Tier 1 hybrid offer this week. The insurance giant said that the money raised from the hybrids which are called Convertible ...

The pain in Spain does not fall mainly on the plain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
Take one central banker's lack of faith at the recent action of the institution he serves, add rumours that a region threatens to secede from a country in a region that's desperately trying to stay as one, and what do we get? We get a problem Houston. ...

Water an alternative with yield

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... asset class is overlooked as a viable real asset for Australian superannuation funds, despite the possibility for income yield of more than 8%, said Lourey. International institutional investors such as Hassad Foods, the agricultural investment arm of ...