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Perpetual launches ethical fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... and at the same time generates strong cash-plus returns, he added. This encompasses investment grade bonds with a rating of BBB- and above, supplemented by a smaller allocation to high-yield and unrated bonds. "With interest rates bottoming out in Australia ...

Dimensional launches global ESG bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... responsibility concerns while meeting their long-term investment needs. It will invest in investment grade bonds from AAA down to BBB. The asset manager will calculate sustainability scores for each company in the eligible investment universe. It will ...

Chief economist update: The other president for life in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... Ratings upgrade of Russia's foreign foreign currency long-term and short-term sovereign credit ratings to investment grade of 'BBB-/A-3' from the junk level of 'BB+/B' on 23 February gave Moscow's currency and stock market an extra boost. This is the ...

Second Sydney airport lacking investment return

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... the assessment, S&P revised the outlook on Southern Cross Airports Corp (SCACH) from stable to positive, and affirmed its 'BBB' corporate credit rating. According to S&P, Sydney Airport had been expecting financial support and protection from the Commonwealth ...

YBR hits back at Bouris expose

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... remuneration arrangements for Bouris and his brother Adrian, who is a YBR non-executive director and the managing director of BBB Capital. In ASX statement, YBR said the report "misrepresents the company," promoted "ill-informed perspectives" and "incorrectly ...

US bond investors fund Australian wind farm

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015

Investors blind to arbitrage opportunity in emerging market debt

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
Investors can get better yields on BBB investment grade bonds in emerging markets that they can on junk bonds in the developed world but investors' prejudice means most are missing out, according to Loomis Sayles head of emerging markets investments ...

Moving on up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... just a year and a bit (8 May), Standard & Poor's has again lifted the country's rating one notch above investment grade from BBB- to BBB with a stable outlook - now higher than India, Brazil, Spain and Russia. According to Standard & Poor's, "We raised ...

BRICs without BRI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... one the BRICs are now dinsintegrating. Standard & Poor's has just downgraded the B of the BRICs sovereign credit rating to BBB minus - the last grade before Brazil becomes no longer investment grade. "The downgrade reflects the combination of fiscal ...

Roast Turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... Turkey is rated BB+ ("highest speculative grade") by Standard & Poor's, BAA3 ("subject to moderate credit risk") by Moody's and BBB- ("good credit quality") by Fitch. I bet many would disagree with me on this but I have always admired then PM Mahathir ...