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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 ...

Fund managers expect clients to turn aggressive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... some fragile emerging markets and the Volker Rule's impact on certain Over the Counter markets, such as the corporate bond market, have been significant." Global fund managers expect equity markets in 2014 to deliver returns of 6.9% in the U.S. (compared ...

Chinese currency reforms to transform bond benchmarks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... and that it intends to invest 5% of its foreign exchange reserves in Chinese sovereign bonds. "China's government bond market is the third-largest in the world and last year the renminbi overtook the euro to become the second most-traded currency in ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2013
The Australian bond market is slightly firmer as uncertainty reigns over whether the US Federal Reserve will start winding back its economic stimulus program this year. The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) finishes its two-day early on Thursday ...

Franking credits hindering corporate bond market: AMP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
The franking credit system is hindering the development of a vibrant corporate bond market in Australia, according to AMP Capital's head of credit markets Jeff Brunton. Brunton said that franked dividends, which can provide a significant income particularly ...

Should super have its own regulator?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... services inquiry, known informally as the 'Son of Wallis inquiry', should address Australia's diminutive corporate bond market. "The amount of genuine, non-financial - so that's corporate, Aussie denominated paper - that we raise in a year is sub $10 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... scant 0.56 (0.01 per cent) to 3,919.79. Trading volume was thinner than usual because of the Veterans Day holiday. The bond market was closed and there was no major economic news. LONDON - Europe's stock markets advanced as dealers digest positive data ...

Spend, spend, spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
I'm highly certain that you didn't, but just in case you missed it, the All Ordinaries index has now reached its highest level since June 2008. The All Ords closed at 5,321 points yesterday, taking its overall gain this year to date up to 14.7% (18.6% ...

Time to be fearful?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... Fear was the reading of 48 back in August of 2011. Panic was the reading of 80.86 in November of 2008. What about the bond market? The Bank of America Merrill Lynch MOVE Index - the bond market sibling of the VIX index - is 77.1. This compares with readings ...