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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... less willing than before to rescue them if they become unstable. The bond market rallied as investors fled equities. The yield on the Treasury's 10-year bond fell to 1.88 per cent from 1.95 per cent Tuesday, after earlier hitting a record low at 1.86 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... expecting the launch of new stimulus to kick-start the weak economy. The bond market was mixed. The 10-year Treasury bond yield was essentially unchanged at 1.94 per cent from late Monday, while the 30-year bond climbed to 3.21 per cent from 3.19 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... targets. Markets were increasingly expecting Greece to default on its debt. Bond prices rose. The 10-year Treasury bond yield fell to 1.94 per cent from 2.08 per cent Friday, while the 30-year bond dropped to 3.19 per cent from 3.34 per cent. Bond prices ...

Instos urged to grab sovereign debt chance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... opportunity that Britton was discussing with Australian clients while visiting from the UK last week was better managing high yield exposure using hedge fund techniques. "We're talking about getting a manager that can rotate between different asset classes ...

Psychological asset classes run investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... real way." Swanson said gold is a psychological asset class and as soon as that psychology breaks and there is no income or yield from it, the whole thing will fall down just like the tulip bulbs. "It's a great hedge but if you want to get paid in the ...

Hastings appoints new chief executive

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... director in September 2007. Hastings Funds Management is a specialist manager of infrastructure, private equity and high yield investments with approximately A$6.6 billion in funds under management. Hastings is a wholly owned subsidiary of Westpac Banking ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... counterpart Wolfgang Schaeuble over Europe's handling of the debt crisis. Bond prices rose slightly. The 10-year Treasury bond yield slipped to 2.08 per cent from 2.09 per cent late on Thursday, while the 30-year bond ticked down to 3.34 per cent from ...

Insto investors stand by equity risk models

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... said Kurt Winkelmann, managing director, MSCI. Investors indicated that the interaction between alpha and risk models can yield very different results. One unnamed respondent to the survey said that both alpha and risk models contributed to the meltdown ...

Perpetual shuts $1bn mortgage funds to focus on income

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
Perpetual is closing its suite of mortgage funds, which have around $1 billion in funds under management, turning its attention to commercial mortgage lending and a secured private debt series for retail investors. As of September 17, Perpetual will ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... that the Federal Reserve next week could reveal a new policy aimed at reducing long-term yields. The 10-year Treasury bond yield rose to 2.09 per cent from 2.01 per cent late Wednesday, while the 30-year bond moved to 3.35 per cent from 3.31 per cent. ...