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Bloomberg names exec to lead new bond indices business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
The analyst responsible for managing the suite of UBS Australia Bond indices has joined Bloomberg Indexes to head up the company's AusBond Indexes business based in Sydney. In her new role, Kerry Angel will represent the Bloomberg Indexes business in ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... quarter economy caused by the polar vortex. Spring has finally sprung! But wait! If this is the case, why is the US bond market also happy? Yields on 10-year US Treasuries are lower now (2.51%) - bond prices are higher - than they were when the deep ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... be released, while RBA assistant governor (financial markets) Guy Debelle, is scheduled to speak on the Australian Bond Market at an Economic Society of Australia luncheon in Canberra. In equities news, Rio Tinto holds its annual general meeting in London ...

SMSFs want access to infrastructure and corporate bonds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... introduction of small-scale infrastructure bonds. On the subject of corporate bonds, it said: "A deeper corporate bond market, with access for smaller investors, would allow Australian corporations access to Australian capital, reducing dependence on ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open sharply lower after big falls on Wall Street led by tech stocks. At 0800 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down 51 points at 5,425. The Nasdaq closed down 3.10 per cent with investors ...

Reduce corporate tax rate, says Macquarie

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... not they turned Australia into a finance hub. Notably, Macquarie argued that the development of a deeper corporate bond market would help attract more foreign investment in Australian managed funds, while also providing more domestic income-oriented ...

Multi-asset portfolios key for retiree income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
Institutional investors must have a greater number and more intelligent blend of income-generating assets if they are to meet the needs their ballooning retiree client base, according to fund manager Investec. The group's co-head of multi-asset John ...

Bloomberg acquires well-known UBS indices

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
Independent global index provider Bloomberg Indexes has acquired a family of well-known Australian indices from UBS. Under the transaction, Bloomberg will acquire all UBS Australia bond indexes, including the benchmark UBS Composite Bond Index. The ...

Australian investors optimistic of hitting financial goals

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
An 'overwhelming majority' of Australian investors are optimistic about reaching their financial goals, according to the Franklin Templeton Global Investor Sentiment Survey conducted earlier this year. Australian investors expect their average annual ...

No guarantee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... allowed a corporate bond default - the first since the Chinese central bank started supervising and regulating the bond market in 1997. The PBOC just watched as Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy Science & Technology defaulted on paying 89.8 mil yuan (US$14.7 ...