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Chief economist update: Bond sell bomb shell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... given the previous day's commotion over the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) announcement that it's trimming its purchases of 10 to 25-year and 25 to 40-year JGBs by ¥10 billion each. And then, there's the European Central Bank (ECB) which is scheduled to halve ...

Only way is up for global economy: Baur

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... that time," he said. "One asset class that could be good during this time is shorter-term bonds. I think if two-year Treasury yields get up to 2%, and they're not very far from that now, they'd be a good buy." Bookings are now open for the 2018 Financial ...

Impact investment in real-time

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... at the 2016 Impact Investment Summit. Participants at the summit noted information was largely inaccessible throughout the year, according to Social Impact Hub director Jessica Roth. "The Australian impact investing market is forecast to exceed $32 billion ...

Impact investment in real-time

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... at the 2016 Impact Investment Summit. Participants at the summit noted information was largely inaccessible throughout the year, according to Social Impact Hub director Jessica Roth. "The Australian impact investing market is forecast to exceed $32 billion ...

Adviser, SMSF demand driving LIC growth

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... capitalisation of ETPs in Australia was under $1 billion. More broadly, the amount of equity raised reached $51.8 billion, down 24.7% year-on-year, while the market cap of initial public offerings slumped 39.6% to $14.2 billion. Equity capital raised ...

Mystery buyer for $800m Aussie bond record

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... $8.4 billion managed in core Australian fixed interest strategies. VanEck Australia told Financial Standard earlier this year that by using a factor-based approach, corporate bonds were an investment vehicle that Australian investors could achieve a ...

Government bond issuance to fall 20pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... of existing long-dated bond lines are also planned as part of their commitment to support the operation of the 20 year Treasury Bond futures contract. Australia's debt through Commonwealth government debt securities is now $490 billion comprising $454 ...

Major banks receive Budget shakeup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... represents a fair additional contribution from our major banks and will assist with budget repair by at least $1.5 billion per year," Federal Budget documents read. To enable the introduction of the levy, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ...

Obamacare one, Trump nil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... the Russell 2000 index - small US companies that would benefit more from Trump's "America First" policy. The yield on 10-year US Treasuries declined nine basis points to 2.4% and inflation expectations - measured by the difference between the nominal ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... between now and the ides of March (15th of March), the US Federal Reserve is sure to announce its first interest rate hike this year and the third in the current cycle. Friday night's much stronger than expected US non-farm payrolls for February, that ...