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No end in sight for ASX rally: InStreet

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... comments, Lucas is confident that improved investor sentiment, predicated by the 'great rotation' (out of cash and fixed income assets and into equities) in the institutional market, will have a knock-on effect on the wider economy, "The stock market ...

Tyndall to sell Aussie bank loans into Japan

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... will be structured, or how many loans will be sourced from the bank. There is a considerable market for Australian fixed income in Japan, especially against the backdrop of a global search for yield and fixed income products that are less correlated ...

Insurers to exit risky fixed income positions: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
Insurers will re-examine their allocations to fixed income assets in 2013 as low interest rates put pressure on profitability, according to BlackRock's global insurance outlook. David Lomas, head of BlackRock's financial institutions group, expects ...

There's no bubble in bond markets: Tyndall AM

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
Tyndall Asset Management head of fixed income Roger Bridges has stressed that there is definitely not a bubble forming in the bond market. Current high prices and low yields have raised fears of capital losses within the asset class during 2013 but ...

Planners praised for guiding investors into fixed income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
The wall of cash built up in the wake of the GFC is showing signs of crumbling as fixed income see dramatic inflows off the back of changing fundamentals and the hard work of financial planners, according to PIMCO and Equity Trustees (EQT). EQT head ...

Global fund managers bullish on equities: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... and the United States are getting better, and managers are "Looking at stronger prospects in equities and selective fixed income markets," he said. The survey, which polled 10 global investment-houses, also found that 75% of fund managers held overweight ...

Debt ceiling forces US Treasury to suspend TSP contribs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... constructed on a series of BlackRock exchange traded funds (ETF) that underpin choices of government securities, fixed income, US equities, US small cap equities, international stocks. The TSP also offers several diversified target date life cycle options. ...

Global bond melt-down on cards: Harris Fraser

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
A major turn in the US Federal Reserve's policy has increased the potential for a catastrophic fall across fixed income markets, a factor which is being largely ignored by the global investment community, according to wealth manager Harris Fraser. At ...

ASX rally won't last: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... economically sensitive assets such as equities, Heap adds that safer investments are not without problems of their own. "Fixed income has been incredibly compelling in recent years but will become less so over the course of 2013, especially with downward ...

UBS Global AM secures major FI mandates

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012
UBS Global AM has successfully been awarded two significant fixed income mandates in Australia, collectively worth close to A$2.8 billion. A leading Swiss-based global multi-line insurance provider has formally appointed Global AM as a fixed income ...