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Will Australia escape an EM bond crisis?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
The high-yield emerging market (EM) bond market may be a bubble waiting to burst, but Australian bonds can escape this fate, according Fred Goodwin, macro strategist at State Street Global Markets. Since 2008, the high yields offered by EM bonds have ...

The coming 2013 crash according to Paul B. Farrell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... the bucket by year end. (you can read his full tale of horror here. The bucket list: 1. Warren Buffett 'guaranteed' new bubble, new recession four years ago 2. Federal Reserve's Council: 'Unsustainable bubble in stocks, bonds' 3. Peter Schiff is 'doubling ...

Markets poised on knife-edge: Standard Life Investments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... warned that markets currently look vulnerable to a market correction. "Markets are pricing in good news and we believe the bubble can continue for some time, but markets are vulnerable. There either needs to be additional stimulus or signs of earnings ...

IG offers Bitcoin bet

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... currency's status has divided commentators. Reuters finance blogger Felix Salmon has claimed the current soaring value is a bubble waiting to burst. Others, however, have expressed only uncertainty about the cryptocurrency, which was launched in the ...

Bear market not a concern for bond holders: Vanguard

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... Greg Davis said. "Bond markets operate differently to equity markets and this paper confirms that in reality a bond market bubble in the same context as we might define an equity market bubble is not possible," he said. "The key considerations for any ...

Asian bonds insulated from Cyprus turmoil

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... Asian dollar bond index in 2012, she anticipates mid single digit growth in 2013. Chan was also unfazed by concerns of a bubble forming in fixed income assets. "The upward movement on 10-year Treasuries is also going to be very, very slow. The US economy ...

EM debt funds burst bond bubble fears

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Despite fears of a global bond bubble, investors have poured into emerging market debt at record rates. Last year was the most successful on record for the asset class with inflows reaching more than $94 billion and average returns were in excess of ...

Model portfolios vulnerable to avoidable risks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... of the model portfolios used by advisers are vulnerable to profound or sudden market shifts, such as the end of the bond bubble or a breakout in inflation. He also expressed concerns that using too many active fund managers in a portfolio can be expensive ...

AXA IM launches two SmartBeta products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
AXA Investment Managers has announced the launch of two new smart beta products, designed as alternatives to index trackers. The AXA IM SmartBeta Equity and AXA IM SmartBeta Bond strategies use rules based filters to reduce exposure to risks associated ...

Standard Life Inv advises caution on Japan

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... last 20 years. Deflation, high debt-to-GDP levels and an ageing economy have severely hampered the stock market since the bubble burst more than two decades ago. However, many fund managers, buoyed by Japan's move to more accommodative monetary policies ...