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Aus fixed income ETF providers talk up offerings

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... Investments announcing three fixed income ETFs covering investment grade securities, Australian Commonwealth Government bonds and Australian State Government bonds. "We're starting very simple," Skelly said. "There was a lot of negative press about a ...

CFSGAM secures $1.3 billion UniSuper mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... UniSuper to manage its $1.3 billion domestic fixed interest portfolio. The mandate is made up of government and semi-government bonds and was secured by competitive tender. Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) already manages cash, mortgage- ...

Risk focus needed for sustainable investing: MLC

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... has nearly $400 million in funds under administration relating to NAB Term Deposits. Income investments such as government bonds and cash have soared in popularity since 2008 with last years share market down 11% compared to term deposits which returned ...

Pressure on yields continues

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... to China, India and the UAE this year to drum up investor interest in NSW infrastructure projects. While semi-government bonds may form part of the package, the premier's office told Financial Standard the government would consider a range of funding ...

BlackRock launches sovereign risk management fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... fund was suited to market volatility, which was "challenging long-held beliefs about the risk free attributes of government bonds". "Over a test period from January 2005 - July 2011, the BlackRock Sovereign Risk Index successfully identified deteriorating ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... Spanish government borrowing costs rose, with the yield or rate of return earned by holders of benchmark 10-year government bonds rising to 6.514 per cent in evening trading, from 6.345 per cent at the close on Friday. Mr Ive said sentiment was further ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... dangerous new phase as the debt crisis showed new signs of spreading. The yield or rate of return on Italy's 10-year government bonds continued near the seven per cent danger level considered unsustainable for the long-term and Spain faced similar problems ...

Prettiest of them all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... horribilis for growth assets - equities and commodities - but a good year for defensive investments - gold and government bonds (excluding those issued by European sovereigns). To date, developed market equities have lost more than 10% of their value ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... above the 7.0 per cent level seen as unsustainable for the country to service its debt while Spanish 10-year government bonds rose to 6.341 per cent. Even France was punished, with its 10-year bonds at 3.683 per cent, more than twice as much as regional ...

Mercer highlights allocation dangers

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... he said. Mercer also highlighted the potential benefits of investing in emerging markets and cash while global government bonds and global and Australian small caps have unstable futures. "Emerging market equities have a positive, longer-term structural ...