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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... Trends for July. The Australian Office of Financial Management tenders $700 million of April 2012 Commonwealth government bonds. In company news, Progen Pharmaceuticals Ltd and several Western Australian-based resources companies hold general meetings ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
... quarter. The Australian Office of Financial Management conducts a tender of $700 million June 2014 Commonwealth government bonds. In company news, Primary Health Care Ltd, Lumacom Ltd and Total Staffing Solutions Ltd hold general meetings. Minerals Corporation ...

UK fundies say worst is over

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... now invested in near-liquid assets - assets that have immediate access without giving notice excluding cash and government bonds. Meanwhile around 70 per cent of those surveyed say that had made changes to the structure of their investments in the past ...

CAAM eyes credit and currency

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... fixed income portfolios are likely to do better as assets seem to be cheap all across the board other than G3 government bonds," he said. "Credit spreads are at their widest levels since 1929 and imply a very pessimistic scenario on both recession and ...

Diamonds are an investor's best friend

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... "For the most defensive of investors there are still the safer investment options such as cash, deposits and government bonds," said Ellis. "However there is still plenty of concern about the safety of banks, with the fear that individuals' claims on ...

Go for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... true during normal economic conditions. Gold investors do not receive interest income like they do from cash or government bonds. And gold comes a far second when compared to returns stock market investors receive when the economic cycle is in the growth ...

Treasuries still strong: ML

RUTH LIEW AND MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... Michael, Aberdeen Asset Management head of fixed income - Asia, said investors should start to move away from government bonds because the yields won't be a high in the coming months. "Going into cash or government backed bonds, is probably going to ...

Intech fixed interest tops IC survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... their outperformance was partly due to a decision made as far back in October 2006, to have a strong bias towards government bonds. "We moved from looking at the composite index to a pure government bond index...that's why we've performed very well," ...

Vanguard launches gov bond fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... the government. The Vanguard Australian Government Bond Index Fund (the Fund) invests in Government and Semi-Government bonds, and seeks to match the total return of the UBS Australian Government Bond Index, before fees and expenses. The UBS Australian ...

FMs predict comeback by 2012

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... bonds, high yield bonds and the emerging markets, the survey found. They are, however, bearish on hedge funds, government bonds, money market and real estate. Watson Wyatt believes the lessons learned from the credit crisis should put fund managers in ...