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Benchmark bond funds worst choice for Aussie investors

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... unconstrained by what have effectively become benchmark-imposed limitations and risks," she said. Australian government bonds performed well following the global financial crisis, with yields falling to record lows as offshore investors took refuge in ...

Credit Suisse launches SIV portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC). The SIV Fixed Income Portfolio is made up of 100% Australian government bonds and liquidity, while the SIV Income Oriented Portfolio combines 75% government bonds and liquidity with 25% Australia equities. ...

Exchange-traded government bonds to trade on ASX

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
Retail investors will have a wider investment universe to choose from with exchange-traded government bonds (AGBs) set to trade on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). In a statement yesterday, the ASX announced that exchange-traded AGBs will be ...

Investors need income rethink after RBA rate cut

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... stocks." Miller added that falling rates mean it will be increasingly difficult for investors to derive income from government bonds and term deposits, which may mean riskier assets such as investment grade corporate and high -yield bonds will see inflows. ...

EBX launches online tool to purchase endowment bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... Endowment Bond is a fixed income product backed by a pool of deposits with several Australian banks, as well as State Government bonds. The investor can select which bond to purchase and choose its maturity date in a range that goes from one to 30 years ...

Insto investors bullish on equities: EIU survey

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
Institutional investors expect the highest returns from equities this year, as government bonds are increasingly called into question. An Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey of 730 senior institutional investors in Australia and around the world ...

Don't sell your fixed income investments: JBWere

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... think about other ways they could help protect clients recent equity market returns such as via term deposits, government bonds, hard assets, gold, uncorrelated investment funds and currency plays. She also highlighted the ongoing need for prudent portfolio ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... economics news on Friday, the Australian Office of Financial Management will sell $600 million of Commonwealth Government bonds with a maturity date of October 21, 2015. On Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 0.79 per cent to 5,007.1, while ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... "This BOJ printing seeps out daily into global markets as Japanese institutions which have sold their Japanese government bonds to the BOJ look for higher yielding replacements...Ten-year Treasurys to us look very low-yielding, but to them they yield ...

BOJ brings out big bazooka

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... purchase to up to 40 years and that, "It will double the monetary base and the amounts outstanding of Japanese government bonds (JGBs) as well as exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in two years, and more than double the average remaining maturity of JGB purchases." ...