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The secret to neutralising sequencing risk

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... and global record-low interest rates, as key reasons for retirees being forced up the risk curve. "In both equities and bonds, the markets' performance since 2009 globally had seemed like a one-way street for investors, as central banks around the world ...

Regal Atlantic fund up 12.5% in May, down 61.65% YTD

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... term setback," Regal said in its monthly fund update sent out last evening. It said equities look inexpensive relative to bonds as long-term bond yields continue to compress. "... and ongoing volatility offers good opportunities to profit from short-term ...

Economic outlook not as bad as predicted: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... Securities (AGS) is at the target of around 25 basis points. "Given these developments, the bank has purchased government bonds on only one occasion since the previous board meeting, with total purchases to date of around $50 billion," he said. "The ...

Fed buys up BlackRock ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... not charge management fees on the ETFs it buys on behalf of the central bank. In the FOMC Minutes, the Fed said corporate bonds had been performing well since it announced its purchase plans. "Corporate bond spreads over comparable-maturity Treasury ...

Global manager rolls out local access to alternatives fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... periods of market stress. The fund follows six strategies, including aiming to capitalise on the misplacing of convertible bonds, looking to exploit pricing inefficiencies around corporate events or capital structures, and seeking to deliver alpha by ...

Impact investing set to skyrocket: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... investment products across the country. It found that the majority of impact investment products are "green" or "sustainable" bonds ($17 billion), while $2.9 billion was held by Australian investors in real assets, private debt, public and private equity ...

Chief economist update: What to expect when you're expecting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... policy settings unchanged - the targets for the official cash rate at 0.25% and the yield on three-year Australian government bonds of around 25 basis points. While it's still early days, the Australian central bank and the Morrison government's ...

Impact offers opportunity during crisis: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... challenges of this growing investment space," Logue said. The report said social impact investments, such as social impact bonds, provide a way for governments to fund innovative programs that address challenges such as homelessness and youth unemployment. ...

BlackRock iShares launches two ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
iShares today listed two exchange traded funds on the ASX that invest in Australian corporate bonds. The iShares Yield Plus ETF (IYLD) tracks a customised Bloomberg index that measures the performance of the Australian corporate bond market after excluding ...

Is the worst yet to come?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... of the penetration of central banks into asset markets," Doyle said. "We are all used to central banks buying government bonds and asset backed securities in the mortgage market, but there has been this step up into credit markets. "It's not a big step ...