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Corporate Asian bonds on fire: HSBC

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... bonds issued by corporations has increased as governments have increasingly opted to fund themselves locally. "Corporate bond markets, in short, are where there real juice is at the moment with a sharp acceleration since the GFC," noted an HSBC report. ...

Successful Telstra bond issue to open flood gates for big banks

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... rates and continued stock market volatility have created a thirst for low-risk bonds from high quality issuers. "Corporate bond, hybrids and other interest rate insensitive products are going to be incredibly popular in Australia," he said. "Mezzanine ...

Exchange-traded gov bonds expand investment options

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... their investments beyond equities and into a fixed income asset class. As well as contributing to a more vibrant corporate bond market, the ASX expects exchange-traded government bonds to also reduce Australia's reliance on offshore funding and exposure ...

Vanguard launches Fixed Interest Index ETFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
Vanguard has introduced a new low cost Exchange Traded Fund range with the launch of the Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF. The new ETF is designed to offer investors' access to a diverse range of high credit quality Australian fixed income ...

Special bond issues could fix unaffordable housing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... private investment. While the AAH proposal is yet to gain traction, the recent success of the $1 billion BHP Billiton corporate bond - launched and priced within a single working day -illustrates latent demand for properly structured bond instruments. ...

ETFs hit $6bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
Growth in Exchange Traded Funds has slowed in the last few years but in the year to end September 2012 they still increased 16% to reach $5.7 billion, according to the ASX. This FUM is equivalent to about 9% of indexed Australian equities, based on ...

Why QE3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
Uh-oh, I think I made a boo-boo. Two gentle readers wrote to express their disagreement with the musings I wrote on this column yesterday - yes, the one where I said "QE3 will work," just as QE1 and QE2 did. In case you missed it, you can read it here ...

They will or they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
We're heading into the home stretch folks. Soon we'll find out the answer to that seemingly eternal "will they, won't they" question? The German Constitutional Court will deliver its verdict on the legality of the EFSF/ESM rescue fund and the US Federal ...

SmartBeta solution tackles passive MySuper index approach: AXA IM

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has released a series of corporate bond strategies intended to help super funds address MySuper requirements. 'SmartBeta' credit strategies enable super funds to achieve low-cost global credit exposure without the drawbacks ...

Super to eclipse banks as primary lender: Cooper

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... have more money to lend than banks in under a decade, and could play a larger role in corporate lending than the corporate bond market, said Jeremy Cooper, architect of the government's Cooper Review. He expects banks, currently lending around $1.8 trillion ...