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Melbourne boutique hires portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... governments with a credit rating of AA or AAA in Australian dollars. The allocations are tilted towards Australian government bonds, state bonds (where it doesn't invest West of Melbourne, in mining states) and supranational bonds. But last March ...

UniSuper makes two senior hires

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... investment process. UniSuper recently awarded Jamieson Coote Bonds a $180 million mandate to manage Australian government bonds.

UniSuper awards fixed income mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... allocation to fixed income. UniSuper appointed Jamieson Coote Bonds to manage about $180 million in Australian government bonds in November. The mandate came about as the $70 billion superannuation fund increased its allocation to bonds as well as shuffled ...

AustralianSuper awards $500m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... index return of 2.89%, net of fees. During September, JCB's active fund had a 49% allocation to Australian government bonds, 26% to state government bonds, 25% to supranational bonds and held less than 1% in cash. AustralianSuper has mandates for ...

Mystery buyer for $800m Aussie bond record

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
A single buyer has snapped up all $800 million of Australian government bonds issued by the Australian Office of Financial Management on Wednesday. It is reported to be the largest single purchase of Treasury Bonds based on auction records dating back ...

Government bond strategy added to HUB24

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... more defensive anchor to their portfolios. "JCB believes that our true to label active approach to Australian Government Bonds provides investors with a cornerstone allocation to pure and consistent defensive characteristics that has not been available ...

Aussie bonds attractive to global investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... global investors realising that low rates are here to stay. "Our clients tell us they continue to view Australian government bonds as equal to any in the world. We're seeing an increase in international funds, central banks and pension funds attending ...

XTBs and SMAs a good match

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... "However this is changing - recent innovations, such as XTBs, fixed income ETFs and exchange-traded Australian government bonds, are making it much easier for retail investors to access fixed income, on ASX." He added fixed income should form a critical ...

Government bonds no longer a safe bet

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
Once considered a safe bet for portfolio diversification, Australian government bonds are no longer delivering value, according to Simon Stevenson, head of strategy, multi-asset at Schroder Investment Management Australia. Speaking as part of an asset ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... government debt is held by foreigners, down from 75% in December 2012. But illustrating how attractive Australian government bonds have become to foreign global investors, in 2003 only one third of Australia's government debt was held by foreigners. ...