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Will Australia escape an EM bond crisis?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
The high-yield emerging market (EM) bond market may be a bubble waiting to burst, but Australian bonds can escape this fate, according Fred Goodwin, macro strategist at State Street Global Markets. Since 2008, the high yields offered by EM bonds have ...

Financial markets give the budget a big yawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... upgrading (yes, upgrade) Greece's sovereign debt rating to B- from CCC. But back to the budget and financial markets. Australian bonds didn't show much care either. Ten-year Australian bonds are now trading at around 3.24%, down 4bps from pre-Budget ...

Bear market not a concern for bond holders: Vanguard

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... your expectations, the next 10 years are unlikely to look like the past 10 years." Davis said that even though Australian bonds registered a lower capital growth than equities, during the last years the bond market has seen a higher income than equities ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... yield 125 basis points more." Of course, they'll find their way into even higher yielding and even higher-rated Australian bonds too. Lower (or not rising) interest rates improve business activity and raise stock market valuations, send equity markets ...

Moody's downgrade drives demand for Aus bonds

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
Demand for Australian bonds has grown stronger after ratings agency Moody's downgraded Britain's credit rating, leaving global investors with one less top-rated economy. Moody's downgraded Britain's credit rating to AA1 from AAA, with Australia now ...

$1tr flows into US bond funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... managers are worrying about, yields on 30 year bonds are now 3.2%, notes Bloomberg figures. The yield curve for Australian bonds is not so steep, however, while 10 year bond yields are now 3.5%, yields on 15 year bonds are just 3.8%, Bloomberg also noted. ...

There's no bubble in bond markets: Tyndall AM

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... scenario, but by flight-to-safety," he said. "In addition, foreign investment is playing a huge role in the price of Australian bonds." Before the GFC, approximately 20-30% of Australian government bonds were held offshore. By 2012, this number had jumped ...

A-REITs come out on top in 2012

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... Australian equities and global shares (hedged) posted nearly 20% and global shares (unhedged) delivered 14.7%. Australian bonds returned 7.7% and international bonds achieved 9.7%.

ETFs hit $6bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... 21 international ETFs. There are also 10 fixed interest and cash ETFs available, including ETFs that reflect Australian bonds, government bonds, corporate bonds, and the US equivalents. Currency and commodity ETFs make up a further 23, reports the AS ...

Fund returns recover to 3.1%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... international equities lost 1.6% in July, but international bonds were up 1.8%. Property meanwhile delivered 0.6%, Australian bonds 0.4% and cash 0.3%. While the market average was 3.1%, leading funds delivered almost three times this at 8.6%. The top ...