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Islamic finance forum to discuss Shariah growth opps

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... and the likes of Malaysia, Indonesia, Qatar, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates' governments continue to issue investment grade Shariah bonds. To benefit from the growing theme, local investment houses and financial planning firms are designing products ...

GSAM offers EM debt to retail

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... said. Growth in emerging markets has improved credit ratings, with some countries now moving from junk bond to investment grade status. Goldman Sachs has listed Mexico and Russia as two countries that registered overweight in local rates and currency ...

Instos on verge of piling into Asian bonds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... is a significant differential between the yields on offer in investment-grade Asian corporates versus global investment grade bonds. "If we look at Asian corporate bonds, they're predominantly investment-grade markets, but they're paying over 100 basis ...

Structural shifts reposition EMs as less risky investments

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... structural reduction of risk in emerging market economies, not least through emerging market debt being upgraded to investment grade. "While risk hasn't been eliminated entirely, we are seeing a situation where the risk levels of emerging markets are ...

Unloved equities to be re-rated along with risk appetite in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... price-to-earnings ratios of 13-14 times were not extremely low, equities look attractive compared to sovereign and investment grade bonds. "We have seen sustained outflows from equities in the last few years, so much so that institutional levels of equity ...

Prime Value boosts BDM team

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... investment team, the fund manager's flagship Prime Value Growth Fund recently received investment ratings from Lonsec (Investment Grade) and Zenith (Approved). The manager is available on several platforms, including BT Wrap, Macquarie Wrap, FirstWrap ...

Diamond in the region

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... by both Moody's and Standard & Poor's which recently upgraded the country's credit rating to one notch below investment grade. That'll mean even lower interest rates for Manila's borrowings - not that it needs that much anyway. The Philippines' debt-to-GDP ...

Franklin Templeton launches new global fixed income fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... Franklin Templeton Investments for 22 years. According to Beck, an allocation to global fixed income, including sub-investment grade exposure, provides investors with an attractive means of gaining exposure to a diverse universe of securities. "We believe ...

Omega bullish on sovereign investing

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... factors most relevant to sovereign bond investors in today's environment. As part of its research process, 45 investment grade countries were split into quintiles based on the Omega Financial Health Rating for each year since 1999. The findings show ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... the same time fend off Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings threat to downgrade India's credit rating to below investment grade. Just as failure is not an option for the Fed and the ECB and the BOJ and the...