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AMP Capital ups jail stake

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... portfolio. "CIF aims to provide retail investors with consistent and sustainable returns including an attractive income yield over the long term, and this acquisition is well-aligned to this objective especially amid the current market volatility," Julian ...

Opportunity for the brave: High yield credit

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
There are opportunities for investors in the high yield market in the current environment, but only for the brave. That's according to Daintree Capital director and credit portfolio manager Mark Mitchell, who warned retail investors to steer clear of ...

Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
As COVID-19 batters the once celebrated yield-providing banks, investors have turned to corporate bonds in their search for income. Amid the spiraling economic environment, investors have become increasingly aware of the difference between "dividends" ...

Court to decide OneVue claim over Sargon sale

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
The sale of Sargon's subsidiaries has yielded $29.6 million for its secured creditors including OneVue and Westpac, who will now have their claims decided in court. The sale, which was confirmed yesterday includes Diversa, CCSL, Tidswell and Australian ...

Chief economist update: The outlook for Australia, according to COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... bank's May 5 meeting (where it kept monetary policy settings unchanged, "including the targets for the cash rate and the yield on three-year Australian Government bonds of 25 basis points) - puts into black and white the collective and individual ...

Chief economist update: No escaping the inverted yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... not - escaped from a lab in Wuhan or jumped from a bat or pangolin into humans (take your pick). That other curve -- the yield curve (which presages a US recession) - rules (again), reinforcing its predictive power. Back in August last year, I boldly ...

Aussie analysts share COVID-19 investment tips

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... current environment, such as Telstra, Woolworths and Coles. While companies like Fortescue Metals have an attractive dividend yield, Amir said. She recommends investors look to companies that performed well following the GFC, like software companies ...

Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... albeit with heightened risk. In a world of low government bond yields (some below negative) and low term deposit rates, high yield bonds look very attractive, despite their risks. These bonds attract credit ratings by houses such as Moody's or S&P ...

Pandemic puts pressure on ETF spreads

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... widened, as price discovery became increasingly more difficult. In fixed interest sectors, such as corporate bonds and high-yield bonds, the market leaders had to take on risk to maintain buy-sell spreads as prices gapped, pushing spreads wider. "Whenever ...

BlackRock turns optimistic on credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... temporary liquidity crunches remains. Yet valuations have cheapened and coupon income is crucial in a world starved for yield." Relative value in equities Within equities, its highest conviction overweight is to US stocks while the highest-conviction ...