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Fortune favours the prudent

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... terms of looking for new investments at the moment," said Unger. "For example, the extra yield (spread) available on high yield bonds compared to government bonds has risen sharply from its start of year lows and they are now above their average level ...

Western Asset repositions for 2008

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... much changes. We like mortgage backed securities and investment grade credit in the European financial sector and also high yield, we still have some allocation to emerging markets but we're a little bit cautious because of the scale of gains," Michael ...

Schroders shielded from LPT burnout

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... portion of the credit and stockmarket crisis' impact when it sold all listed properties from its equity, balanced, and high yield funds over a year ago. Many investors may be battered from the recent market turbulence, but certain asset and fund managers ...

Pure infrastructure a safe haven: CFS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
Pure infrastructure is potentially the safe haven for Australian investors seeking to insulate themselves from volatile markets, according to Hans Kunnen, head of investment markets research at Colonial First State. "The classic safe havens will be ...

Austock High Yield gets three stars

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
Austock Asset Management has extended its reach into the financial planning industry after its High Yield Fund received a three star rating from research specialist Standard & Poor's. According to Austock Asset Management (Austock), the fund is invested ...

Retirees short on yield

Australian retirees are struggling to find quality long term, high yield products to fund their retirement as domestic and overseas share markets continue their strong performance, according to a Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) report. ...

Austock ploughs more into property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
Austock will introduce new listed and unlisted property products next year, along with international equity and high yield funds, according to managing director Tim Boyle. The company will use the remaining $5.5 million of its $10.5 million float bounty ...

Aurora to list buy-write income trust

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... assets throughout the world. Hugh Latimer, director at Aurora Funds Management, said, "We can potentially deliver a high yield through this listed managed investment scheme structure, which is very attractive to retail investors looking for these sorts ...

RaboPlus cuts entry fee to 25bp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... introduced seven Challenger wholesale funds into its platform namely the Howard Mortgage, Asian Share, Share Income, High Yield, Property Securities, Select Australian Share, Smaller Companies Fund, and Socially Responsive funds. Tim Hewson, senior manager ...

Challenger takes part in $9.5bn infrastructure buy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
An international consortium including Challenger, Access Capital Advisers and UBS have acquired UK utility, Southern Water Capital, from the Royal Bank of Scotland Group for $9.5 billion. Challenger has invested $225 million into the Challenger Infrastructure ...