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AMP Capital fund secures US mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... were weaker at noon. At 1200 AEDT on Wednesday, the March 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 95.940 (implying a yield of 4.060 per cent), down from 95.955 (4.045 per cent) on Tuesday. The March three-year bond futures contract was at 96.470 ...

Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... at five weeks - for it went down on the sixth - and investors ran for cover back into US Treasuries, taking the 10-year yield back below 2.0% at the end of last week. Yes Virginia, Europe is talking too loudly again. Greece, the beggar that it has become ...

Enough of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... price index has risen by close to 20%, outperforming the DJ Euro Stoxx index's 9.5% rise over the same period. And oh, the yield on its 10-year bonds has also come down by more than 200 bips from the all-time high of 38.99% hit last December. The current ...

IFM wins $500m CalSTRS mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
In one of the largest single infrastructure investments by a US fund manager, CalSTRS has awarded a $500 million mandate to Australian manager, IFM, to gain exposure to the global infrastructure market. The California State Teachers' Retirement System ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... prices were lower at noon. At 1200 AEDT on Tuesday, the March 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 96.105 (implying a yield of 3.895 per cent), down from 96.110 (3.890 per cent) on Friday. The March three-year bond futures contract was at 96.670 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... slightly firmer at noon. At 1200 AEDT on Friday, the March 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 96.245 (implying a yield of 3.755 per cent), up from 96.230 (3.770 per cent) on Thursday. The March three-year bond futures contract was at 96.830 ...

China on course for slowdown, not landing: Fidelity

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... ugly contest...how are people going to get to retirement, nothing is looking particularly attractive." Howitt also said the yield on bonds "might not get you where you need to go". "Certainly if there's a risk overtime for a longer term bond that yield ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... 500 index rose one point to 1,326. The Nasdaq composite rose 11 points to 2,860. Bond prices didn't move much either. The yield inched down to 1.82 per cent from 1.83 per cent Wednesday. LONDON - Markets took a breather on Thursday after solid gains ...

Eyes turn to monetary policy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... falling in the 2.5-2.75% range, significantly short of its potential 3% rate. "Put simply, an environment of a flat to inverse yield curve invariably points to weaker economic outcomes," said Gibbs. "Should the yield curve become more extreme, then I ...