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Will Australia escape an EM bond crisis?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... Evans said the emerging markets such as South Africa, Turkey and India "have seen such a significant sell off in their currencies that they are actually going to be deflationary at some stage - another reason why emerging market bonds don't look so great ...

Sinking emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... markets were hit harder with total returns slumping by 2.6% over the same period as investors dumped emerging market currencies and bonds. Boston-based fund tracker EPFR Global reported that in the week between 22 and 29 May, investors redeemed a total ...

Credit Suisse launches SIV portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... flow flexibility via margin and property loans through the Credit Suisse platform, capable of holding all tradable currencies including the Renminbi, Hong Kong dollar, U.S. dollar and gold," Tan said. According to the estimate from the Credit Suisse ...

ANZ launches SMSF investment solution

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... explained. Investors can purchase directly a wide range of global assets, including listed shares, indices, commodities and currencies. The Note pays the investor a fixed coupon amount over the term, which can provide a higher return than a traditional ...

Downswing in bond yields clear path for Absolute Return Fixed Income

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... buying the Mexican story, they are buying the US story. Instead we pair the Mexican peso with a short on a basket of currencies in economies exposed to commodity prices such as Australia, New Zealand and Canada," he explained. "This year the Aussie dollar ...

William Blair targets super fund investors with 'game theory'

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... is purely top-down and employs no stock selection filters. It is free to invest in equities, bonds, alternatives and currencies from a universe of more than 100 different markets. Super funds can access to Singer's investment philosophy via the William ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... year. It's generally agreed that this is a dollar-US strength story. The greenback has appreciated against most major currencies because the economy is gaining momentum that is prompting speculation that the Fed would begin tapering stimulus as early ...

Standard Life Inv Absolute Return Bond fund open to Aussie investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... Financial Standard. One strategy at play in the portfolio right now, for instance, is exposure to a simple basket of currencies, which the team believes capitalise on the appreciation of emerging market economies. Jones, who has recently relocated to ...

Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

Collapse does not signal end of gold party

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... rate payments from ballooning and support growth," he said. "Until the countries backing the world's major reserve currencies put in place credible policies to control their growing debt burdens, the public will look to gold as one of the few hard currency ...