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FTSE and ASFA launch Australian bond indices

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... will continue to grow. This new index will offer superannuation funds greater choice in the way they benchmark Australian bonds, providing valuable input when it comes to measuring investment strategies."

Active fund failure shown in new data

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... 200 A-REIT index over three and five years, while more than half failed to beat the benchmark over one year. In Australian Bonds 79.69% underperformed S&P/ASX Australian Fixed Interest Index in the one-year period, 86.54% underperformed the benchmark ...

Aussie shares best in a generation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... $10,000 investment in any of the major asset classes including Australian Shares, International Shares, US Shares, Australian Bonds, Listed Property and Cash would have risen in value to more than $100,000 over three decades. Assuming no transaction ...

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 ...