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The die is cast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... tragedy - but known in Greece as "money or we Grexit" thriller. But there was certainly no conflict of emotions in the bond market. Yields on 10-year euro area bonds dropped another 8 basis points to a record low 0.26%. They've fallen all of 27 bps this ...

New online bond researcher launches

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... Fixed income researcher BondAdviser was launched today through an online portal. Created with the goal of making the bond market more approachable to investors, BondAdviser monitors all ASX-listed interest rate securities and a "large range" of over-the-counter ...

JPMorgan global bond fund added to platforms

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
The JPMorgan Global Strategic Bond Fund has been added to three major platforms shortly after J.P. Morgan Asset Management brought the fund to Australia. The BT, Asgard and IOOF platforms now offer access to the manager's unconstrained fixed income ...

Australian Ethical backs NAB Climate Bond

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
Australian Ethical is backing the global environmentally focused bonds market by investing in NAB's newly released NAB Climate Bond. The Climate Bond aims to raise at least $150 million for renewable energy facilities. Climate bonds - also known as ...

Inquiry asks for greater simple bond red tape reduction

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... legislation is aimed at removing the tax and regulatory constraints that have limited the development of the domestic bond market but the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) found that it does not go far enough. "Although the new 'simple' corporate bonds ...

Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... 'sophisticated' or 'professional' investor, where the founder of the fund meets those definitions. Retail corporate bond market: Reduce disclosure requirements for large listed corporates issuing 'simple' bonds and encourage industry to develop standard ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... other major benchmarks, rising 8.94 (0.19 per cent) to 4,660.56. Volume was light on the Veterans Day holiday; the bond market was closed. LONDON - Europe's leading stock markets pushed higher, with traders reacting to corporate updates while keeping ...

Bond experts reiterate need for flexible duration strategy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
Managing duration is the key to reducing risk as the 30-year bond market bull-run comes to a close, according to a number of fixed income experts. Interest rates in many countries reached historical lows in recent years as central banks aggressively ...

Why the eurozone cannot afford cheap oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
I wonder, wonder if there's anyone on this planet that's wishin' and hopin' and prayin' for higher and forever rising crude oil prices - except, that is, for the producers and the sellers of the slick black stuff... and of course, the climate changers. ...

Bloomberg takes full control of UBS indices

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
Bloomberg Indexes has taken full control of the UBS bond indices it purchased in April, placing them under its AusBond Indexes brand. The transition was successfully completed on 29 September and Bloomberg is now managing all aspects of the index governance ...