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Property set for attractive multi-year returns: Stan Life

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... landscape," said Breen, head of real estate research and strategy at Standard Life Investments. "Although Australian government bonds are significantly higher than markets such as the US, UK and Germany, prime global office market yields offer a yield ...

Retirees must invest in equities: State Street

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... up with the majority of their capital protected in very low-risk products such as term-deposits or the safest government bonds. However, State Street research has found that investors who opted for a high yielding equity strategy over the last 10 years ...

Exchange-traded gov bonds expand investment options

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Retail access to exchange-traded government bonds moved a step closer yesterday following the Senate's passing of the Commonwealth Government Securities Legislation Amendment (Retail Trading) Bill. Subject to regulatory clearance, trading is expected ...

Bond CFDs, charting tools now on Saxo platform

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Saxo Capital Markets (Australia) Pty Ltd has added CFDs on government bonds to the existing range of asset classes available to trade, plus new charting tools to assist investors with greater information. Available on SaxoTrader, SaxoWebTrader, SmartMobileTrader ...

Omega bullish on sovereign investing

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... McCrum, joint head of investments at Omega said that lowly indebted nations are currently doing well and that safe government bonds are doing even better. He noted that Australians have been underinvested in government bonds, because they have misunderstood ...

Hybrid securities back in favour

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... defensive bucket, he suggests investors look at truly defensive assets such as Australian high credit quality bonds, government bonds and the like. Mozammel Ali, director - capital markets & treasury solutions at Deutsche Bank, who was a co-manager on ...

ETFs hit $6bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... ETFs. There are also 10 fixed interest and cash ETFs available, including ETFs that reflect Australian bonds, government bonds, corporate bonds, and the US equivalents. Currency and commodity ETFs make up a further 23, reports the ASX.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... Spain needs to ask for money from Europe's bailout fund before the European Central Bank can start buying Spanish government bonds. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets ended a day of see-saw trading with losses as investors reacted to an announcement ...

New Aus equities product for BGC

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... and offers energy products, FX options, futures, Australian and New Zealand interest rates swaps, Australian government bonds and other over-the-counter transactions. BGC primarily services wholesale financial and property markets. It offers approximately ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... for a new bailout package firewall, clearing a key hurdle in solving the debt crisis. Spanish 10-year benchmark government bonds yields dipped slightly to 5.60 per cent, compared with record unsustainable highs above 7.60 per cent in July. The return ...