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Chief economist update: Global easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... 0.1% since January 2016 and in September of the same year, the BOJ announced: "The Bank will purchase Japanese government bonds (JGBs) so that 10-year JGB yields will remain more or less at the current level (around zero percent)". Safe-haven yen purchases ...

Chief economist update: Bonds do the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... they go? Be afraid, be very afraid. A great number of investors are buying into the relative safety of long-term government bonds despite their dwindling yields, and in the case of the Japanese and Eurozone 10-year government bonds, negative yields - ...

Fossil fuel holdings cost BlackRock investors $90bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... billion is in ESG, thematic and impact solutions. "These solutions include US$32 billon AUM in products - ranging from green bonds, to ETFs and mutual funds, to infrastructure funds - that provide clients with innovative options to participate in and ...

IPIF names investment lead, launches capital raise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... been strong as it is seen by investors as a reliable income option. "Infrastructure in a portfolio sits between government bonds and equities in terms of risk and return, making it an excellent portfolio diversifier and source of consistent income," ...

Aussie millionaires are cashed up: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... results, the report said, as less than one in four (23%) invest in global equities, and only one in 10 hold international bonds. Baby boomers are more likely to invest in cash or Australian equities, while younger investors tend to be more diversified. ...

Super funds keen on alternatives managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... ending 31 December 2019. Of the total mandates appointed, 44% were for alternatives strategies, 30% was for equities, 14% for bonds/cash mandates and 12% for property mandates. "The medium run trend is for a slightly increasing proportion of mandates ...

BetaShares launches FTSE 100 ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... ETF that aims to track the performance of an index that provides exposure to a portfolio of high-quality, income-producing bonds issued primarily by Australian federal and state governments.

Impact investing under threat

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... not necessarily having a substantial positive impact on the environment. "In Australia, the big banks have issued green bonds. We've invested in some of them and not in others. I'm not knocking them as an asset class but I'm saying if people ...

US bonds present ESG problem

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... Schroders' global head of stewardship believes ESG-focused investors should exercise caution before investing in US corporate bonds. Schroders global head of stewardship Jessica Ground told a media briefing in Sydney recently that some US corporate ...

New Bond ETF for BetaShares

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... AGVT) aims to track the performance of an index that provides exposure to a portfolio of high-quality, income-producing bonds issued primarily by Australian federal and state governments. The ETF also tracks a component issued by supranationals, sovereign ...