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Act now to capitalise on Asian fixed income migration: Omega

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... investor, says the long awaited decoupling of the Asian and European markets earlier this year has seen Asian corporate bonds cementing their appeal. Managing director George Vassos believes the last few years have seen a fundamental economic shift to ...

Investors turn from cash to fixed income: UBS

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... going forward. While bonds will remain underweight in 2013, she sees significant value in fixed income through corporate bonds and high yield debt, but recommends clients say shorter than the duration to offset risk further out. "Hybrids are also a good ...

Real estate better than bonds: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... for global real estate is further strengthened when compared to the wider range of investment options including corporate bonds and equities which offer much lower rates of income return. "On the basis of yield hierarchy, real estate ranks second behind ...

Corporate Asian bonds on fire: HSBC

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... issuance in 2011, itself a record year." Equally noteworthy, HSBC has identified a geographical shift in issuance of corporate bonds over the past decade. In 2000, Korea accounted for 69% of issuance in emerging Asia, which is the share held by China ...

Vanguard launches Fixed Interest Index ETFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... of just 0.20% for a broadly diversified portfolio which includes allocations to government, semi-government and corporate bonds. Stephen Howard, head of fixed income at Vanguard said that fixed income is an important diversifying component of investors' ...

ETFs hit $6bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... also 10 fixed interest and cash ETFs available, including ETFs that reflect Australian bonds, government bonds, corporate bonds, and the US equivalents. Currency and commodity ETFs make up a further 23, reports the ASX.

Why QE3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... meaningful." In addition, "... LSAPs have been found to be associated with significant declines in the yields on both corporate bonds and MBS. The first purchase program, in particular, has been linked to substantial reductions in MBS yields and retail ...

They will or they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... billion expected and a 30.4% increase from the previous month. Also, Bloomberg reports that, "Net issuance of corporate bonds was 258.4 billion yuan in August, more than double the 89.8 billion a year earlier, the data showed." Now you believe that what ...

Investors ignoring credit

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... preservation," he said. Forms of credit include United States high-yield bonds, syndicated loans, US investment-grade corporate bonds and Australian inflation-linked bonds.

Corporate bonds stagnant in Australia

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
Corporate bonds are popular now among Australian investors but Swiss-based independent active alternatives investment manager GAM said they still need to be aware of the sector's risks. Corporate and securitised bonds comprise $55bn or 10% of the Barclays ...