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RBNZ could go zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... per cent - before reaching a seven-month high of 6.06 per cent late last month. This is almost a shadow of the Australian bond market's performance. Yields on Australian 10-year government bonds hit bottom at 3.86 per cent 10 days earlier in January ...

Australian RMBS gains appeal

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
Ultra high net worth investors in Australia are starting to wade back into the Australian Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) market, according to Merrill Lynch. Chris Selby, head of Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management in Australia, has ...

Intech signs deal with Suncorp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... investment process and performance, which we have been steadily enhancing over the last two years," he said. "Our Australian bond fund is top of the surveys and most of our diversifieds are in the top two quartiles, so there's been a marked improvement ...

Sentiment tips back to Aussie shares

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
Confidence is returning to Aussie shares according to research from Russell Investments that found 60 per cent of managers expect the S&P/ASX200 to end the year above 3500 points, suggesting they expect no further sustained falls. Russell Investments ...

Gold will rally, bonds thrive: BlackRock

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
Resources are set to underperform, gold prices rally and Australian bonds outperform their US counterparts - these are a few of BlackRock's top 10 market predictions for 2009. According to David Hudson, head of investment strategy and asset allocation ...

CARE Super closes cap guaranteed option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
CARE Super is suspending its capital guaranteed option after the AMP Capital Guaranteed Fund closed its doors to new investments. The capital guaranteed option in both the CARE industry and pension funds were shut last Friday. According to a statement ...

Trust and Russell redefine philanthropic investing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... the international shares allocation of the fund. In addition, Russell has employed three property managers and Australian bond managers and Perpetual will manage the fund's cash allocation. Clare Stanford, Trust head of philanthropy, said Trust partnered ...

Capital guaranteed on winning streak

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
Capital guaranteed options are enjoying a bull run as they lead the pack in investment returns, latest data from Rainmaker Information reveals. February statistics from Selecting Super indicate capital guaranteed options have delivered an average return ...

Cash is still king

Despite growing evidence that Australian equities are cheaper due to the credit crisis, there are more fund managers parking their funds in cash today compared to three months ago. Russell's quarterly Australian Investment Manager Outlook (IMO) survey ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... for December. RBA assistant governor of financial markets, Dr Guy Debelle, speaks on Recent Developments in the Australian Bond Market' at the Westpac/KangaNews Speed-Meeting Summit. Just Group Ltd and Queensland Gas Co Ltd release their interim results. ...