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Will Australia escape an EM bond crisis?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... emerging markets, and then you'll end up with some sort of crisis," he said. "I think it's a bond bubble in the EM and high yield space." But where do Australian bonds figure in this? The Australian dollar has traditionally been seen as volatile currency ...

Grant Samuel reaches milestone with shareholder yield funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... their retail pools of $800 million. The funds, which are managed by New York firm Epoch Investment Partners, offer a high yield, consistent dividend to investors by dividing into two funds: one hedged, one unhedged. "Most other funds distribute capital ...

Aust shares open more than 1pc higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
The Australian market has opened stronger, raising hopes of an end to the sharp slide in shares in recent weeks. The ASX 200's one per cent-plus rise at the open follows similar gains on Wall Street overnight, following positive retail and unemployment ...

Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... taking this on their stride. And why not? With a stronger growth and less QE, investors simply switch from defensive and high yield plays into cyclical and growth-orientated scripts. Easy! Then again, perhaps not. Not according to the bond market, that ...

Investment in alternative assets on the rise globally

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... equity investments, and making shifts within their fixed income investments by moving away from sovereign bonds and into high yield corporate debt," Fasso said.

PIMCO lands former Deutsche Bank market maker

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... markets portfolio management. Prior to joining PIMCO, Ganguly was a director and market maker for Deutsche Bank's Asian high yield bonds. "Mr. Ganguly's hiring expands our Asia-Pacific portfolio management team and reflects PIMCO's conviction that Asian ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
Australian stocks have started the month weaker, with investors appearing to book profits after the market hit a fresh five-year high on Tuesday. There is also nervousness about offshore events, including the release of Chinese manufacturing figures ...

CFS fund celebrates 5-year anniversary with aplomb

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... sustainable returns over the long-term. He said the approach has been particularly effective during the GFC. "Many high yield stocks performed poorly during this period. Our bottom up stock selection process enabled us to avoid many of these stocks and ...

Canadian pension funds flock to Aussie infra

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
"Safe-haven" Australian infrastructure and property assets are seeing a wave of interest from Canadian pension fund investors, according to The Trust Company. Fresh from a visit to some of Canada's leading pension funds, Andrew Cannane, general manager ...

Quantum makes T1 bonds available to retail investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
Fund manager Quantum has launched a product that allows retail investors to access some of the high yielding T1 bonds issued by the four major trading banks. "This is the opportunity that we saw - to release a product that gave retail investors the ...