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Equity-like bonds most attractive

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Equity-like fixed income areas and higher real-yielding sovereigns in developing markets can provide strong bond opportunities for 2014, according to Brandywine. The prospect of rising interest rates globally has lowered investors return expectations ...

I swear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... out of emerging markets. That's ok if the problem is contained within the emerging market world. But like the European sovereign debt crisis of yesteryears, it is not! The Australian Financial Review (AFR) says that, "European banks have loaned in excess ...

Future Fund quiet on leadership changes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... said that if Costello were to become chair, he "would be surprised if there would be much change" at the $96.5 billion sovereign wealth fund. Speaking to media at the Future Fund's six monthly portfolio briefing, Burgess also deflected questions about ...

Asset owners must embrace change

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
Super funds, sovereign wealth funds and other institutional investors must take an adaptable approach to governance if they are to keep up with the pace of change in the investment industry, according to Towers Watson global head of Investment Content ...

Frontier market corporate governance greatly improved

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... Advance Emerging Capital explained that an expanding involvement of institutional investors, consultants, super funds and sovereign funds in Frontier Markets, together with greater local competition and higher quality management have encouraged many ...

In praise of the gloom and doomers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014

Reflation, rotation and the taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... this asset class and into growth-oriented equities). Financial markets dipped over the re-emergence of fears over the sovereign debt crisis prompted by the political stalemate in Italy and Cyprus' taxing of deposits to get a bail-out. They dipped on ...

Pension funds eye alternative credit strategies amid interest rate uncertainty

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

Fund manager warns of 'Japanification' of Europe

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... period of low nominal growth similar to that experienced by Japan, according to Paul Shanta, senior portfolio manager at sovereign bond specialist Ignis Asset Management. He said Europe would struggle to generate any nominal growth at all, fearing what ...

Investor appetite for global markets on the rise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... investors favouring equities, the asset class was by far the most popular. Number two was property, at 10%. European sovereign debt risk was top of the list for investment concerns. Investors generally preferred to gain exposure to equities via actively ...