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RBA prepares to scale up bond buying

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... functional. The RBA board decided to maintain the current policy settings, including the targets for the cash rate and the yield on three-year Australian government bonds of 25 basis points. Additionally, the RBA said while the government bond market ...

New private debt fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... partner Andrew Lockhart said. "Like all fixed income, it helps to provide portfolio diversification, along with a stable cash yield with low risk of capital loss compared to equities." It had about 150 individual investments as at July 1. The boutique ...

Eaton Vance wins super fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... slice of equity allocations for its retired members, with the goal of providing downside protection while meeting specific yield targets. Australian Catholic Superannuation Retirement Fund currently has a third of its 90,000 members in the retirement ...

Chief economist update: The All Ords' ups, downs and ups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... was good: The US and China have reached a trade deal; Brexit's settled; the Fed succeeded in turning the US inverted yield curve - which presaged a recession - after it cut the fed funds rate three times (in July, September and October) while at ...

Rice Warner questions super return targets

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... disconnected from the realised returns over much of the next decade," Rice Warner said. "For example, 10-year bonds now yield 1.1% and equity markets usually have dismal performance during recessions, so where will these high returns be made? "If the ...

Franklin Templeton cuts fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... managers, including Nikko, Schroders and Aberdeen Standard dropped fees on fixed income funds last year on back of lower yield expectations, increasing competition and ahead of ASX listings.

Dividend yield set to dial down to zero

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... Contrarian fund manager Allan Gray predicts dividend headwinds are on the horizon, arguing investors shouldn't expect any yield from the majority of ASX-listed companies in the near future. Allan Gray chief investment officer Simon Mawhinney said he ...

Managed funds redemptions top US$62bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... funds can provide, particularly when invested in less liquid assets," Fitch said. "Regulators have identified property, high-yield bond and emerging market debt funds as most exposed to liquidity risk." This is different from past 10 years, where redemption ...

Fixed income investors get new ESG rating

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... providers about what ESG risks actually are. He added that for smaller issuers, like those in emerging markets or in the high-yield market, there was less relevant non-financial information. "We've responded by creating a series of ESG risk analysis ...

S&P warns of record fallen angels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
S&P Global has warned of a record number of junk bonds in June as issuance in the US high yield bond market tracks at its busiest pace. The global ratings agency said there is an expected US$23.88 billion priced through June 12, following on from May's ...