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Corporate Asian bonds on fire: HSBC

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
Due to flush liquidity, the rise of a hungry institutional investor base locally, and regulators keen to loosen up the region's reliance on bank funding, Asia's bond markets - currently running red hot - are to expected maintain rapid growth in years ...

Exchange-traded gov bonds expand investment options

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... investments beyond equities and into a fixed income asset class. As well as contributing to a more vibrant corporate bond market, the ASX expects exchange-traded government bonds to also reduce Australia's reliance on offshore funding and exposure to ...

Omega bullish on sovereign investing

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... Investors are encouraged to leave their fear of sovereign investing at the door as a shift in the global government bond market indicates promises of reliable returns, new Omega Global Investors research has shown. Despite the European government bond ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... But remember too that beggars can't be choosers. Political suicide or not, Rajoy would have no choice but to if the bond market decides that it can no longer wait.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... cheered positive economic data and the European Central Bank's (ECB) new plan to help ailing eurozone countries in the bond market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.87 per cent, the S&P500 advanced 2.04 per cent and the NASDAQ rose 2.17 per ...

Super Mario to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... also be considered for Member States currently under a macroeconomic adjustment programme when they will be regaining bond market access. Transactions will be focused on the shorter part of the yield curve, and in particular on sovereign bonds with a ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... by positive economic data and the European Central Bank's (ECB) new plan to help ailing eurozone countries in the bond market. The S&P 500 and the Dow both registered their best closing levels since December 2007, holding onto strong gains achieved as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher after a flat result on Wall Street overnight with investors waiting to see if Europe's central bank plans to introduce stimulatory measures. At 0818 AEST on Thursday, the September share price ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... 4.3% -- something tells me markets are not fully convinced. They remain on the defensive. What's that something? The bond market, that's what. You, I and Irene know too well about investors - seeking the return OF their capital - flocking into US Treasuries ...

Super to eclipse banks as primary lender: Cooper

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... more money to lend than banks in under a decade, and could play a larger role in corporate lending than the corporate bond market, said Jeremy Cooper, architect of the government's Cooper Review. He expects banks, currently lending around $1.8 trillion ...