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Pension funds eye alternative credit strategies amid interest rate uncertainty

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

AllianceBernstein targets retirees with high yield fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... bonds. Cunningham said that a competitive global high income strategy should include "investment grade corporate debt, mortgage-backed securities, credit default swaps, options, preferred stock and convertibles where the risk-adjusted yield is attractive." ...

Tapering still some way off

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... was reinforced by the Fed's decision in September not to reduce its $85 billion monthly purchases of US Treasury and mortgage-backed securities. "The chorus that rates must go higher has not proven the basis for a successful strategy. A world of high ...

Laminar awarded hedge fund of the year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013
... invests in a range of corporate bonds, bank debt, credit derivatives, bank loans, commercial paper, hybrid securities and mortgage and asset backed securities. It has returned 17% in the 12 months to 31 August and 23.67% annualised since it was launched ...

FirstChoice platform offers PIMCO bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... returns while moderating volatility. The PIMCO global bond offering on FirstChoice invests in government, corporate, mortgage and other fixed income securities, and can also invest in non-investment grade fixed interest securities and emerging markets. ...

Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... of a QE unwind and bond market volatility would send bond yields higher that, in turn, would hit equity markets, raise mortgage rates and hit home prices, raise the US yield differential against other sovereign offerings that would increase the US dollar ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... Bloomberg survey of 44 economists, most expect "Bernanke will push on with purchases of $40 billion a month of mortgage bonds and $45 billion a month of Treasuries" with the "latest round of bond buying will reach $1.14 trillion before he ends the program ...

Good, better, best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... to reduce - if not altogether stop - its monthly purchases (US$45 billion in Treasury notes and US$40 billion in mortgage bonds) by mid-year this year. Yes, you read right...mid-year 2013. That's how far market sentiment has turned.

Why QE3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... and MBS. The first purchase program, in particular, has been linked to substantial reductions in MBS yields and retail mortgage rates. LSAPs also appear to have boosted stock prices, presumably both by lowering discount rates and by improving the economic ...

The Fed may have gone too far

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... Reserve's latest round of quantative easing, QE3. The United States' central bank will purchase $US40 billion a month in mortgage-backed bonds to drag down long-term interest rates, and boost employment figures. "Obviously markets have reacted. All the ...