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Pleasant and nasty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... has fallen to its September 2008 lows. It is therefore not surprising that demand for safe-haven assets like US government bonds and the US dollar are diminishing. (Although this is also caused by worries over the massive US dollar supply and concern ...

Russell launches global infra fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... a market cap of up to US$3 trillion. The group said one of the asset's appeal is that it is an alternative to government bonds in terms of liability matching, yet they offer high income because dividends in the sector are more similar to property than ...

Super funds to take the reins off bond managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... the benchmark. "We're still seeing good returns in some sectors, especially in the credit and corporate side. Government bonds have been performing less well because there's a supply issue we're is still coming to terms with," he said. He said a lot ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... The Australian Office of Financial Management will conduct a tender for $700 million in April 2014 Commonwealth government bonds. In company news, Pacifica Group Ltd and Energy Resources of Australia Ltd release first half results. Origin Energy Ltd ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... news, the Australian Office of Financial Management conducts a tender for $700 million in June 2014 Commonwealth government bonds. The State Street global investor confidence index for July, and the Housing Industry Association new home sales data for ...

Get into corporate bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... pricing of that bond is volatile." Aberdeen remains overweight Australian corporate bonds - which outperformed Government bonds by 3.4 per cent in the three months to June.

Ways to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... equity market's dividend yield is also greater compared with the yield currently on offer by Australian 10-year government bonds. The average equity market dividend yield so far this year is 6.33 per cent. The average yield on 10-year bonds is 4.70 per ...

Get into corporate bonds: Aberdeen

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
... pricing of that bond is volatile." Aberdeen remains overweight Australian corporate bonds - which outperformed Government bonds by 3.4 per cent in the three months to June.

The market's next 800-pound gorilla

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... that could drive up the cost of financing for the private sector over the next few years - particularly if more government bonds are issued to fund its budget deficit. Speaking at the ASFA lunch briefing yesterday, Hockey said the Government's run up ...

RBNZ could go zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... last month. This is almost a shadow of the Australian bond market's performance. Yields on Australian 10-year government bonds hit bottom at 3.86 per cent 10 days earlier in January before rising to a 10-year high of 5.86 per cent a day before in Kiwi ...