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Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... taking this on their stride. And why not? With a stronger growth and less QE, investors simply switch from defensive and high yield plays into cyclical and growth-orientated scripts. Easy! Then again, perhaps not. Not according to the bond market, that ...

Investment in alternative assets on the rise globally

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... equity investments, and making shifts within their fixed income investments by moving away from sovereign bonds and into high yield corporate debt," Fasso said.

PIMCO lands former Deutsche Bank market maker

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... markets portfolio management. Prior to joining PIMCO, Ganguly was a director and market maker for Deutsche Bank's Asian high yield bonds. "Mr. Ganguly's hiring expands our Asia-Pacific portfolio management team and reflects PIMCO's conviction that Asian ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
Australian stocks have started the month weaker, with investors appearing to book profits after the market hit a fresh five-year high on Tuesday. There is also nervousness about offshore events, including the release of Chinese manufacturing figures ...

CFS fund celebrates 5-year anniversary with aplomb

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... sustainable returns over the long-term. He said the approach has been particularly effective during the GFC. "Many high yield stocks performed poorly during this period. Our bottom up stock selection process enabled us to avoid many of these stocks and ...

Canadian pension funds flock to Aussie infra

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
"Safe-haven" Australian infrastructure and property assets are seeing a wave of interest from Canadian pension fund investors, according to The Trust Company. Fresh from a visit to some of Canada's leading pension funds, Andrew Cannane, general manager ...

Quantum makes T1 bonds available to retail investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
Fund manager Quantum has launched a product that allows retail investors to access some of the high yielding T1 bonds issued by the four major trading banks. "This is the opportunity that we saw - to release a product that gave retail investors the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
The Australian sharemarket has opened higher as investors continue to chase high yielding stocks. At 1028 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 19.3 points, or 0.38 per cent, at 5,037.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher, despite a mixed performance on Wall Street overnight. At 0645 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,793. No major economic news is expected on Friday. In equities ...

Investors turn from cash to fixed income: UBS

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... 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 way for retail ...