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Diversification under the microscope

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
... securities including residential mortgage backed securities, commercial mortgage backed securities, government and corporate bonds. He reinforced his argument using the barbell risk and return model that encourages more investment in high quality securities ...

LDI spurs growth of bond derivatives

... alternative bond-like assets. "LDI has certainly increased pressure to find long duration, low risk assets such as corporate bonds, infrastructure assets with bond-like profiles and properties with long leases," said Rogers. He added that the demand ...

Putnam banks on fixed income

... preserve capital. The group also favours mortgage and asset-backed securities over investment grade and high yield corporate bonds. Putnam launched its first offerings under its own brand this year and said that its previous strategic alliances with ...

Pimco plans absolute return fixed interest fund

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
... Pimco's existing Extended Markets Fund also looks at higher yielding credit in emerging markets and higher yield corporate bonds, and can purchase B3/B and maintains an average credit quality of BB. Dorrian said the PARS will take a similar approach ...

Too soon for Future Fund asset allocation calls: Murray

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
Infrastructure, alternatives and Government and corporate bonds are on the Future Fund agenda, but Fund chairman David Murray is still giving no clues about the possible appointment of a new chief executive officer. Murray was also no closer to disclosing ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
... US$90.5 billion in the previous month. Purchases of US Treasuries were just US$3.1 billion in March but buying of US corporate bonds surged to US$48.101 billion while purchases of agencies increased to US$19 billion. While the total US securities purchased ...

Macquarie makes it easy to invest in agriculture

... for their level of volatility than other asset classes including a negative or low correlation with equities, corporate bonds and commercial real estate. Swanger says investment in the agricultural sector could be a consideration for a broad range of ...

Offshore allocation predicted to increase

... by 2015. Franklin Templeton Investment' Australian managing director John Gall says global products including corporate bonds, small caps and alternative assets are attracting the interest of local superannuation funds. Furthermore as the local listed ...

United Funds management's first birthday delivers returns

... bonds and the appetite for diversification. A high yield fund typically invests in high yielding assets such as corporate bonds, hybrids and unlisted private debt. Due to the floating rate nature of these securities they usually hold less interest rate ...

Aust merger and acquisitions continues to gain momentum: report

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2004
... article said on Wednesday. With M&A activity expected to accelerate in the second half of this year, holders of corporate bonds were always looking for early clues as to the likely credit impact, Citigroup head of credit research Brad Scott said in a ...