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Future Fund on the defense

... article. Murray also hinted at the time that the Future Fund capacity could likely lead to the issuance of more Government bonds. "The Government has undertaken to keep bonds at a certain level. The Future Fund could dry up those funds." While today's ...

Fortune favours the prudent

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... 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 for five years." "However, while the ...

Schroders shielded from LPT burnout

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... portfolios," he said. But through the vortex of the current market volatility, one thing is certain - investors with government bonds in their portfolios will be ahead of the pack in garnering safe, healthy returns on their investments. "The simple fact ...

More bite from subprime

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
... European equity markets and cash were favourable. "Cash is king. We don't really see the point of getting into government bonds in the current market conditions so we're heavily overweight in cash by around 10 per cent in our balanced fund," he said. ...

Interest rates not the only monetary policy lever

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
... returns paid by the CFP are generally only 2.5 per cent because the overwhelming majority of CPF assets are held as government bonds. Another trade-off is that if Singaporeans use their CFP-funded mortgage to buy their initially publicly funded home ...

Market freefall not a bear signal

... concerns about interest rate hikes sparked the equity sell-off and prompted many investors to switch back to government bonds. But BT Financial's economist, Chris Caton, said that the knock-on effect on the local market should be viewed as a positive. ...

LPTs expand as sentiment dips

... rates rise some investors are moving their money out of LPTs and into higher yielding alternative assets and Government bonds. At the end of June, the yield on the LPT sector was 5.7 per cent compared with the 10-year Government bond yield of 6.26 per ...

Economic round-up: Dollars and sense

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
... again should the NZ dollar climb 1 per cent against the currencies of its trading partners. Meanwhile New Zealand Government bonds rose. The yield on the benchmark 10 year note fell two basis points to 6.76 per cent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
... stocks. Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co Ltd and its peers rose on expectations it would benefit from higher yields on government bonds. The Nikkei added 55.39 points to 17,834.48. HONG KONG - Blue chips rose, clawing back some of last session's sharp losses. ...

A new way for AMP fixed interest

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
... not tied to the bond index. "Our approach is very much "We're thematic investors, and if we don't want to own government bonds, we don't want to own credit, we don't have to. We can just invest where we think it's best to invest," said Madden.