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REST Industry Super delivers 0.85%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... market, the asset class than normally drives super fund returns. Offsetting this poor share market outcome is Australian bonds which achieved a stella 12% index return, noted Rainmaker. REST acting chief executive officer, Paul Sayer, said, "This result ...

Managers up risk on improved sentiment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... "This quarter managers' risk appetite visibly increased. This has been spurred along by relatively low yields on Australian bonds and attractive valuations on Australian equities, which 64% of managers still believe are undervalued. A-REITs also experienced ...

PIMCO lands OnePath advice mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... income portion of their client's portfolio over the last year despite actual returns sitting closer to 11.4% for Australian bonds and 10.5% for global bonds (hedged) in 2011. "In this nervous and volatile investment environment, which we believe will ...

FirstMac fixed income fund 'Recommended'

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... included on their recommended list of products. The fund was launched in early 2011 and provides retail access to Australian bonds with attractive yields. Zenith conducted extensive due diligence on both the fund and FirstMac's operations and concluded ...

Global govt bonds downgrade: Towers Watson

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... case is for a somewhat faster normalisation of yields than what is priced into the market and as such we expect Australian bonds to underperform cash over a medium-term horizon," Chee said. "However, compared to other developed market sovereign bonds ...

Bonds, tailored equities and income top ETF picks

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... introduction of the AQUA Market of the ASX rules regulatory changes for ETF providers. According to Russell, Australian bonds were the best performing asset class of 2011 with investors using the asset class as tools to defensive portfolios. "Globally ...

Nice one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... Australian equity market's dividend yield of 4.72% offers a premium over the 3.8% currently available on 10-year Australian bonds. Nice one, don't you think? ==================================== The Sydney breakfast session of this year's Financial Standard ...

Omega wins Ibbotson bonds mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... strategy, replacing Vanguard as underlying investment manager. Omega will apply a new strategy to the Ibbotson Australian Bonds Trust which previously worked on a passively-managed government bond-only vehicle. George Vassos, managing director, Omega ...

PAS taps direct property, shifts bonds

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... Super has poured $80 million into two direct property mandates and re-allocated $75 million from global bonds to Australian bonds. Paul Kessell, the fund's chief investment officer, said he was not able to name the managers which won the mandates but ...

Global instos see Aus deficit a "non-issue"

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... said. "And if there was a double dip scenario, which we don't have as our base case, we are in a position where Australian bonds have room to rally, where as offshore they are running out of space," he said. Kirkham also noted that local corporates presented ...