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Another October to remember?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... the social media and biotechnology industries" appear "substantially stretched", "prices of real estate, equities, and corporate bonds have risen appreciably and valuation metrics have increased, they remain generally in line with historical norms." ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... have finished lower as geopolitical worries weighed on sentiment during the first trading session of a busy week of corporate earnings reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 48.45 points (0.28 per cent) to 17,051.73. The broad-based S&P 500 ...

US manager appoints Breakwater to bring funds to Australia

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
US-based investment firm Voya Investment Management is entering the Australian institutional market via a distribution partnership with local marketing and advisory firm Breakwater Advisory. Voya IM, formerly known as ING U.S. Investment Management ...

Green appointed CEO MetLife Korea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... joining MetLife Green was an Asia Region executive for AIA Group, holding the positions of chief executive of group corporate solutions, and before that CEO of AIA Australia. Prior to this role he held senior positions at several leading industry superannuation ...

Yellen yawn turn to Yellen yikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... could increase vulnerabilities in the financial system to adverse events. While prices of real estate, equities, and corporate bonds have risen appreciably and valuation metrics have increased, they remain generally in line with historical norms." Yeah ...

Platinum and Iress named 'laggards' on sustainability

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... the 'no reporting' category. ACSI chief executive Gordon Hagart said: "A lack of reliable and comparable disclosure of corporate performance, beyond that contained in traditional financial reporting, can undermine effective communication of these longer-term ...

A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... spreads between government bonds of Portugal, Spain and Italy have fallen sharply since then versus those of Germany... Corporate bond yields have fallen, too". "The program hasn't even been used; the ECB's verbal commitment seemed to have been enough ...

AllianceBernstein adds Global High Income Fund

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... opportunities, portfolio liquidity and income potential. This enables its managers to go beyond sub-investment-grade corporate bonds to any high-yielding issue where potential risk-adjusted returns are increased. GHI may be offered to Australian investors ...

Funds return 11% in May

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... returns are unchanged on 6.9% pa. Not-for-profit super funds achieved 12 month returns of 11.7% and retail funds (ie corporate master trusts) achieved 9.7% for a segment gap that has settled back to 2.0 percentage points due the relative improvement ...

FEATURE: In search of the missing asset class

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
Recent regulatory changes have removed some of the barriers the Australian corporate bond market has posed to issuers and investors. But Australia is still some way behind its international peers. Mark Smith finds out what more can be done to improve ...