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FIIG targets SMSFs with low-limit corporate bond

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
... which was itself an unusually low limit, with the Australian standard at $500,000. A small and relatively inaccessible bond market in Australia has seen private investors and SMSFs allocating globally anomalous amounts to cash and term deposits. According ...

Cash love affair continues despite falling rates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... anomaly. While it certainly suggests low levels of confidence, it can also be largely explained by the small Australian bond market, which is particularly difficult to access for SMSFs. Investment Trends found that just 7 % of SMSFs hold bonds in their ...

Balanced funds ill-suited for fixed income blow-up

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
Typical balanced superannuation portfolios are ill-equipped to protect investors from the impending end of quantitative easing and the subsequent rise in global bond yields, according to Russell director of client strategies for Asia Pacific Scott Fletcher. ...

Post-Bernanke uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... rate for all we care. Go ahead Ben, make our day! But this isn't the case. The prospect of Fed taper still has the bond market on defensive. Yields on 10-year US Treasuries rose to 2.57% last night - 4 bps up from a day before and 117 bps from a year ...

Weak tenant demand hurts Aussie property outlook

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
Subdued demand in a number of sectors means that Australian commercial real estate has become less attractive, according to La Salle Investment Management. While the real estate investment specialist remained positive on the Australian property market ...

US regulator lifts hedge fund advertising ban

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
The US regulator has lifted a ban, allowing hedge funds to advertise to the general public for the first time in 80 years. The ban was intended to protect unsophisticated investors from high risk, illiquid investment pools. The Securities and Exchange ...

Bloomberg ASEAN roadshow kicks off

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
Bloomberg launched its new ASEAN Bond Portal at its annual ASEAN Fixed Income Roadshow which kicked off in Singapore yesterday. Bloomberg's ASEAN Bond Portal will be used to provide a centralised place where investors can view all the available bonds ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... Mib slumped 0.93 per cent, as both indices were hit also by rising Italian and Spanish state borrowing costs on the bond market, traders said. A sharp fall in bank shares pushed the Portuguese market down 2.95 per cent. The euro slid to $US1.3100 from ...

The great unwind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... sovereign debt crisis induced fear moment in August of 2011. There'll be more volatility and losses in store for the bond market should the Fed carry out its tapering threat. But if it does, this would only mean one thing - that the Fed is confident ...

End of QE sounds death knell for 'zombie' stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... sectors which would otherwise have remained somewhat lackluster," he said. Humphreys points to the high yield corporate bond market in the US. Compiled of debt securities issued by non-investment grade companies, this sector has seen significant demand ...