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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 ...

Pimco Australia wealth management head to step down

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... parties," Dorrian said. "When I first took the role with Pimco, it's fair to say there was a lack of knowledge about the bond market in adviser land. But over the years the independent financial advisers have come to embrace the importance of having ...

FTSE and ASFA launch Australian bond indices

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... Funds of Australia (ASFA) to launch a set of fixed income benchmarks covering the various segments of the Australian bond market. The FTSE ASFA Australia Bond Index Series will provide "a wide variety of index and bond level analytics, along with sub-indices ...

Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... in US second quarter real GDP growth from strong - 4.2% -- to stronger - 4.6% -- annualised quarterly rate. The US bond market also appears to agree. Yields on 10-year Treasuries rose to 2.53% at the close of trade Friday from 2.50% the previous day. ...

'Bond King' Bill Gross leaves Pimco

AAP  |  SATURDAY, 27 SEP 2014
NEW YORK, Sept 26 AP - The biggest star in the bond market has shocked the financial world by leaving the huge money management firm he has led for four decades and joining a much smaller rival. Bill Gross, who co-founded the investment giant Pimco ...

BNP Paribas granted on-shore renminbi licence

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
The asset management arm of BNP Paribas has been granted a RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) license by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). The license will enable BNP Paribas Investment Partners to provide its clients ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... that is.A Then it really is growing above potential. Normally, it's easy to discern Japan's outlook from the Japanese bond market. Ten-year JGB's are currently trading around 0.56% -- that's down from 0.74% at the start of 2014 and down from 0.78% on ...

AllianceBernstein set to launch three renminbi funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... investment market, describing it as a "once-in-a lifetime development with profound implications." "China's government bond market is already the third-biggest in the world and will account for an estimated 12% of global bond indices when included within ...

"Considerable time", is it a-changin'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... friend Ben to hold fire on taper despite widespread market expectations. By the same token, today's sanguine equity and bond market and VIX reaction increases the likelihood that we could see a change in the words "considerable time" this September t ...