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Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... compared to term deposits and "high interest" bank accounts, looks pretty good, Kase said. He also prefers Australian corporate debt over offshore debt. "In Australia, corporate bonds are higher quality and also shorter tenure; the companies don't borrow ...

BlackRock turns optimistic on credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... "We have upgraded credit to modestly overweight. Extraordinary measures by central banks - including purchases of corporate debt -provide a favorable backdrop. Developed market central bank actions should pave the way for lower volatility in interest ...

Chief economist update: BOJ expands Enhancement of Monetary Easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... limit on purchases of 10-year JGBs to keep its yield at 0%; it increased its purchases of commercial paper and corporate debt to ¥20 trillion (from ¥3.2 trillion and ¥4.2 trillion, respectively); it will continue purchases of ETFs and J-REITS; and ...

Volatility hits super funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... "That idea of having a superannuation option where you've got property, and infrastructure, and bonds, and corporate debt, and shares, and overseas shares, and technology stocks for example, gives members a fairly wide exposure, without betting everything ...

Chief economist update: Cloudy 2020 vision for OECD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... prevent a sharper slowdown in China, and financial vulnerabilities from the tensions between slowing growth, high corporate debt and deteriorating credit quality." "A persistent upward spike in oil prices, if geopolitical tensions were to strengthen ...

US bonds present ESG problem

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... of it goes directly to the corporate bond market. So you have more unlisted companies raising money through the corporate debt market," she said. "I don't want to make a gross generalisation because there are lots of great unlisted companies but ...

Asset manager eyes Australian market

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... yield debt with USD$2.8 billion invested in the strategy, Brookvine said. It is opening the Moneda Latin American Corporate Debt Fund to Australian investors. The high yield bond fund invests in US dollar-denominated corporate credit of Latin American ...

Credit fund launches to wholesale investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... between the relatively low returns from cash and government bonds but materially below the risk of a well-managed corporate debt investment mandate. Moelis Australia Asset Management is a subsidiary of ASX-listed Moelis Australia (MOE), which was established ...

SMSF darlings revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... with the largest value traded was the Metrics Credit Partners Master Trust (ASX: MXT) which invests in Australian corporate debt. This was followed by Argo Investments (ASX:ARG), WAM Capital (ASX:WAM), Australian Foundation Investment Company (AFIC) ...

Janus Henderson promotes talent

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... in shaping portfolio strategy from both a top-down and bottom-up perspective. His strong credentials within the corporate debt sector and prior experience in managing credit portfolios are a valuable asset to the team," he said. A fixed interest analyst ...