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VanEck to launch smart beta bond ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... management fee of 0.32% per annum. "PLUS provides a new opportunity for investors seeking exposure to Australia's corporate bond market with a yield premium. In the current low interest rate environment finding liquid defensive high yield has been a ...

Responsible investing demand unstoppable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... income side, ethical products are also becoming an increasingly popular option for investors and the swelling green bond market is testament to this. Moody's Investors Service indicates four green bonds were issued locally in 2016, representing about ...

QIC calls out unnecessary risk fears

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
Portfolio managers are missing out on returns thanks to an unnecessary fear of risk, according to new research from investment manager QIC. "Bonds are often considered the quiet achiever in investment portfolios," QIC director research and strategy ...

S&P measures green bond performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... foundation for financial products such as ETFs, which can provide efficient and cost-effective access to the green bond market." "We look forward to working with S&P Dow Jones Indices and helping fixed income investors achieve their investment objectives ...

Instos unclear about ETF value

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... income ETFs became a "point of discovery for many institutions" after the global financial crisis when liquidity in the bond market began to change. Individual bond traders didn't have the same freedom because their counterparties were going out of business ...

NAB launches offshore green bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... achieving $18 billion in financing of environmental activities by 2022 and provides access to a EUR denominated green bond market valued more than €60 billion. Refinancing is allocated to assets that are expected to have an installed capacity of approximately ...

Trump matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... economy (US$18.6 trillion of US$75.2 trillion); the US equity market 38% (US$26 trillion of US$69 trillion) and the US bond market, 39% (US$34 trillion of US$87 trillion). In comparison, the Australian economy makes up a mere 1.7% of the world, the same ...

CFM trust rated by Zenith

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
The CFM ISDiversified Trust is 'Recommended' by Zenith, crowning a strong 2016 for the investment manager. The fund, which is distributed in Australia by Winston Capital, is designed to provide investors with a diversified portfolio of recognised and ...

Instos must stress test: Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... easing. "Increased uncertainty around monetary policy in an environment of rising inflation will likely contribute to bond market volatility...A more aggressive tightening of monetary policy than is currently priced in may cause some companies to struggle ...

Will 2017 be a mirror image of 2016?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... The stock markets should be down massively but investors seem to have been hypnotized that nothing can go wrong". Bond market king Bill Gross echoed Gundlach view, "I don't like bonds; I don't like most stocks; I don't like private equity..." Well, at ...