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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...

Maybe next month

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... SpA to BBB-minus (one notch above junk) from BBB -- its share price surged by 6.0%. Banca Carige is no longer investment grade, reduced to BB-plus from BBB-minus - share price up 4.1%. Dexia Crediop SpA, the Italian public financing arm of bailed-out ...

Investors ignoring credit

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... Some credit sectors are offering risk premiums much higher than their historical average, for example, US non-investment grade secured loans are currently around 6.0% over bank bills compared with an average 3.5% historically. Market volatility is here ...

It's more fun in the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... is getting upgraded. Only last week, Standard & Poor's raised Manila's credit rating to BB+ -- one step below investment grade - matching Fitch Ratings' upgrade delivered in June last year. Moody's, which still has the Philippines two notches below investment ...