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A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... August 2012. OMT or Outright Monetary Transactions involved the ECB undertaking outright open-ended purchases of government bonds of stressed members in the secondary markets. As the Wall Street Journal puts it, "Yield spreads between government bonds ...

Legg Mason bond fund upgraded by Lonsec

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
... with US$469 billion under management, Western Asset Management. The principal investments of the Trust include government bonds, corporate bonds and other fixed interest securities. In its fund review, Lonsec said the Trust is a "quality risk-controlled ...

Standard Life Investments to buy UK fund manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... Investments said the acquisition of Ignis enhances expertise and investment capability in key areas, including government bonds and liquidity as well as adding to a growing book of third party business. The deal has been funded through Standard Life ...

Macquarie adds Government Bond Fund to SIV suite

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... diverse range of Australian-based asset classes including cash, fixed interest, listed property, equities and now Government bonds. The funds cater for diverse investor risk/return profiles with a number of the funds maintaining different investment ...

Fund managers expect clients to turn aggressive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... the prospects for equity returns in most markets, while remaining concerned about world growth and medium-term government bonds. During the next five years, the majority of managers expect the world's largest economies to experience mild growth, with ...

Chinese currency reforms to transform bond benchmarks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... investors. "Those tied to global benchmarks, for example, will have to reallocate 12% of their portfolios to Chinese government bonds just to maintain a neutral exposure," he said. He recommends institutional investors begin building their exposures ...

Singapore lifts CPF rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... special purposes such as funding their health care, housing and education needs. CPF assets are primarily held in government bonds with returns to members guaranteed to be at least 2.5% pa but members can place excess funds in investment linked accounts ...

Fund manager warns of 'Japanification' of Europe

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... at the same time inflationary pressures would be "relatively benign". Ignis would express this view by buying government bonds at the front end of the US and UK curves. "A large demand for inflation protection across global markets is going to subside ...

Westpac and BT launch SIV service

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... access to a broad range of complying investments in addition to any required minimum investment in Australian Government bonds. As at 30 June, there were a total of 305 primary applications being processed by Immigration in Australia, with each application ...

NGS Super rethinks ESG as green option flops

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... will include investments such as the Newpin Social Benefit Bond, unlisted property, and potentially ESG-approved government bonds from socially progressive, environmentally sound countries. Members currently in the green option will be tipped into the ...