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Instos on verge of piling into Asian bonds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... countries," he said. The majority of Asian countries, Briscoe adds, are experiencing higher levels of growth than developed markets, resulting in higher free cash flow for corporates. Also, the links between the private and public sectors in Asia tend ...

Quality of Spain and Poland belies credit rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... presented significant reputational risk. The top ESG overweights for emerging markets were Poland and Chile. For developed markets, Spain topped the list for its better than average ESG score, despite a poor S&P long-term rating and gloomy economic prospects. ...

Super fund return expectations unrealistic

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... performance to keep up with expectations, McDonald explained. Record low bond yields, close-to-zero interest rates in developed markets plus myriad risks including the European sovereign debt crisis and the US fiscal cliff, have all contributed recent ...

Future Fund returns 12.8% for 2012

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... be sustainable. He said that a key question for investors would be how the fiscal challenges the US and other developed markets face are resolved. Burgess also questioned whether the returns would be possible "upon an eventual normalisation of monetary ...

There's no bubble in bond markets: Tyndall AM

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... foreseeable future: global risk aversion, a lack of other safe haven assets and ongoing loose monetary policy in major developed markets. "The flow of money into the bond market is not being fuelled by greed, as is the case in a classic bubble scenario ...

Structural shifts reposition EMs as less risky investments

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... markets are, in many cases, lower than they have been in the past, and potentially lower than those of many developed markets," he explained. "Investors still need to weigh the risk and return carefully but, particularly when compared to the developed ...

Global recovery bodes well for EM bonds: Fidelity

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... Andrew Wells Global chief investment officer for Fixed Income at Fidelity. While high-quality government bonds in developed markets appear overvalued (versus his fair value models), Wells expects emerging market debt to remain attractive given the prospect ...

AMP to raise $1 billion for 2nd infra debt fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... stable, yield focused investment opportunities. "Significant growth in demand for infrastructure investment in developed markets combined with the attractive market environment and strong deal flow makes it an opportune time for us to launch a second ...

Interest rates to tumble below 2.5%: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... the government has not moved fast enough to respond to the slowdown in mining investment." "However, not many developed markets have the room to cut interest rates that Australia has, and with some of the risk from the eurozone being taken off the table ...

Emerging market bubbles present opportunity: Tyndall

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... slowdown in China, as well as other factors, saw swathes of hot money fly out of emerging markets in favour of developed markets, leading to disappointing underperformance of the markets. While Ostergaard accepts that this is a genuine risk for single ...