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Reporting season hikes A-REITs worth

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
APN Funds Management (APN FM) is trumpeting the return of value to the A-REIT sector, but the fund manager also singled out this year's reporting season as the crux in restoring full investor confidence in the asset class. The $4.3 billion APN FM singled ...

Market Jitters Redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... of 1426.6 points in May, the S&P 500 Index has again collapsed, falling to two and a half year lows. Correspondingly, the yield on US 10-year Treasuries are now back down again to sub-4 percent, after jumping almost 100 basis points higher to 4.26 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... Standard & Poor's 500 index declined 11.19 points to 1,228.30. The Nasdaq composite index shed 26.21 points to 2,212.87. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury bond fell to 3.860 per cent from 3.964 and that on the 30-year bond fell to 4.440 per cent against ...

FT snags $200m fixed income mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... portfolio that invests in government, securitised and corporate sectors. A portion of the portfolio may also tap into high yield, bank loans and emerging market debt. "The Global Aggregate Fixed Income approach allows us to pursue diversified sources ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... of 1,239.49. The Nasdaq composite index shed 18.77 points, or 0.83 per cent, to 2,239.08 and Bond prices weakened as the yield on the 10-year US Treasury bond rose to 3.940 per cent from 3.811 per cent Thursday and that on the 30-year bond climbed to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... and the Standard & Poor's 500 index increased 8.70 points, 0.70 percent, to a close of 1,253.39. Bond prices firmed as the yield on the 10-year US Treasury bond fell to 3.811 percent from 3.834 percent Wednesday and that on the 30-year bond declined ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... indexes having logged declines of more than 20 per cent since their October highs. Bond prices edged higher Wednesday. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, fell to 3.81 per cent from 3.89 per cent late Tuesday. ...

FTSE100 pensions in the red

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
Watson Wyatt found FTSE100 companies' pension funds turned a combined $48 billion surplus a month ago into a $16.5 billion deficit last month due to the double whammy of stock market falls and high inflation. Rashpal Bhabra, Watson Wyatt head of corporate ...

Schroders launches geared global fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... equity funds in the market. "The Schroder Global Active Value fund (hedged) is ideally suited to gearing not only because its yield can support borrowing cost, but also because it is highly diversified across a large number of stocks from up to 50 countries," ...

CFS takes infrastructure to the front line

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... such as infrastructure that generate stable income. "Retail investors take a pretty simple view on infrastructure. It's a yield-generating product, it's more defensive than the normal market and the assets are pretty simple to understand. However it ...