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Super funds returns on upwards trend

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... just gone financial year has been accompanied by local bond markets that have returned more than 6% and international bond market that have returned about 10%. Property returns beginning to come back to normal, especially direct property which earned ...

Sunny side up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... fortune is all because of Greece, I'm sorry to disappoint you. For while the Greeks received breathing space (again), bond market trading shows financial markets still anticipate a default. Greece's two-year bond yields fell from a record high of 30.3 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... performance of manufacturing index for June and new home sales for May, had not moved the market. Meanwhile, the Australian bond market was weaker at noon. The September 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 94.750 (implying a yield of 5.250 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... dollar to trade in a range between 106.00 US cent and 106.80 cents on Friday afternoon. Meanwhile, the Australian bond market was mixed at noon. At 1200 AEST, the June 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 94.800 (implying a yield of 5.200 per ...

Fear is in the air

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... their portfolios - just as PIMCO did back in March - or simply not adding anymore. But that's not what current US bond market pricing indicates. Yields on 10-year US benchmark Treasuries have instead fallen to 2.94 per cent last night from 3.0 per cent ...

Grant Samuel signs US fixed income partner

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
Grant Samuel Funds Management has signed a new distribution agreement with US fixed income specialist Payden & Rygel to deliver emerging market debt and absolute return products in Australia. Grant Samuel selected Payden & Rygel for its ability to provide ...

Bentham wins $350 million mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
Specialist global credit investment managers Bentham Asset Management have won a major new mandate from AustralianSuper worth $350 million. The segregated global loan mandate, issued in the March quarter, will increase Bentham's funds under management ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... to be well supported by recent gains in commodity prices and the resurgence of risk appetite. Meanwhile, the local bond market was softer at noon. At 1200 AEST on Thursday, the June 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 94.640 (implying a yield ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... minutes that are probably not as hawkish as the market anticipated and the Aussie is weaker here." Meanwhile, the local bond market was mixed at noon. At 1200 AEST on Tuesday, the June 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 94.655 (implying a yield ...

IMCA: International expert to speak on the development of debt markets in emerging global economies.

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
The investment management consultants association (IMCA) has secured renowned global macro strategist, Dr Tom Higgins, as guest speaker at their upcoming seminar, to be held in Sydney on Wednesday, 18 May and Melbourne on Thursday, 19 May. Dr Higgins ...