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Overseas investors flocking to Australian bonds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... dollar," Miller said. He said the firm likes Aussie bonds relative to other developed countries but recognised that sovereign bonds were as expensive as they have ever been. He said in a large part this can be put down to Europe trading at negative yields. ...

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... extent to which such funds will flow across borders will depend on which sorts of investors are 'displaced' from their sovereign debt holdings and what their risk appetites are. To the extent that funds do flow across borders, the proportions in which ...

Sovereign wealth funds growing despite falling commodity prices

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
Assets under management increased for the majority of sovereign wealth funds in 2014 despite steadily declining oil and commodity prices, according to research by Preqin. This is significant, Preqin argues, because many sovereign wealth funds rely on ...

Go south young (China) man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
There was fear and a lot of uncertainty - perhaps even the biblical gnashing of teeth - back then, back during the late years leading to the expiry of the United Kingdom's 99-lease on Hong Kong from China on 1 July 1997. In Wikipedia's words, "Many ...

Funds wrestling with liquidity problem

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... investors competing for a comparatively small pool of assets, prices have sky-rocketed. The managing director of the sovereign wealth fund referenced an opinion piece in the AFR which said the IFM Global Infrastructure Fund's winning bid of $7.45 billion ...

QIC executive departs for Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
QIC's head of investment performance and risk has left the company to manage a sovereign wealth fund in the Middle East. Having joined QIC in 2008 as head of investment compliance and risk management, Sam O'Sullivan moved to his previous role in 2012. ...

Future Fund alternatives head joins Hedge Fund Standards Board

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... joined the board of the Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB). The HFSB said the appointment emphasises the important role of sovereign wealth funds in promoting better practices in the hedge fund industry, particularly in Asia Pacific. "We are thrilled ...

Investor sentiment shifting overseas

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
Deflation, rising debt and dampening economic outlooks that are limiting returns expectations are forcing investors to pursue more positive opportunities overseas rather than invest in Australia. Australia is becoming less attractive because even though ...

Privatisation backlash derails infra investing

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... cycles. I wouldn't say it's becoming more politicised. It does certainly raise the issue from institutional investors of sovereign risk, but the asset class, I think, will continue to persist, and it just goes to show why Australian super funds have ...

Alternatives sector shaped by regulation, customer demand

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... high net worth individuals has been supplanted over time by large institutional investors, such as pension funds and sovereign wealth funds," he said. "Institutional investors typically have statutory or legal reporting requirements and so require greater ...