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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 ...

Investment grade wine attracts global wealth

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... Vintner's Exchange (Liv-ex) Fine Wine Index and high risk-adjusted return (Sharpe ratio of 1.07) as evidence that investment grade wine has qualities suitable for the current economic climate. "The supply of investment grade wine is severely constrained ...

Lonsec changes index funds research process

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... funds," said Elsworth. He said the rating scale used for actively managed funds (highly recommended, recommended, investment grade and so on) will be adopted for rating index funds. "Once an index fund has passed Lonsec's initial research screens, funds ...

Bentham attracts new super mandates

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... returns per annum to the end of March 2012 for its three wholesale funds range between; 26.8% for High Yield (non-investment grade bonds), 26.6% Global Income (with a minimum 50% Investment Grade) and 22.0% for its Syndicated Loan (predominately senior ...

GESB awards $2.3bn in bond mandates

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... Limited, worth a total of $2.3bn. The mandates will cover two global bond categories: global government and global investment grade. Wellington Management Company was the biggest winner, with $706m awarded for global government bonds management and $432m ...

Payden & Rygel lands VicSuper mandate

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... mandate is part of VicSuper's core/satellite approach with Payden & Rygel managing a portfolio covering global investment grade, high yield and emerging market debt securities. Payden & Rygel has a long term track record in managing global fixed income ...

ETPs have record start to the year

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... US$42.8 billion. Use of fixed income ETPs eclipsed any prior first-quarter inflows with $US19.5billion. ETPs with investment grade bond and high yield corporate bond exposures pulled in US$3.6 billion globally in March 2012 and US$16.5 billion globally ...

YBR launches savings fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... mum and dad investors to low-risk cash and bond markets. The YBR Smarter Money Fund invests in high-quality, investment grade cash assets and variable-rate bonds with an annualised rate of 5.80% per annum for direct investors and 6.05% per annum for ...