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Chief economist update: BOJ expands Enhancement of Monetary Easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... Enhancement of Monetary Easing". Most notable, the new programme removed the limit on purchases of 10-year JGBs to keep its yield at 0%; it increased its purchases of commercial paper and corporate debt to ¥20 trillion (from ¥3.2 trillion and ¥4.2 ...

A case for flexible asset allocation: First Sentier

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... risk back into the portfolio." Somaia said the fund had recently increased its exposure to gold, while he believes high-yield credit to be attractive from a long-term perspective. The multi-asset fund had also concentrated its exposure within developed ...

Markets react as antiviral drug disappoints

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... markets into a modesty risk-averse state. With markets falling, so did credit, he said. "US Treasury yields dropped, with the yield curve flattening and the 10 year yield trading at 0.59 per cent," Rodda said. Gold on the other hand, jumped more than ...

Multi-asset strategies key in COVID-19 crisis: First Sentier

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... said. "And if inflation rises, gold can provide protection. But for now, we think gold can be a great diversifier." High yield credit in comparison is no longer looking quite so resilient, Somaia said. "High-yield credit has a high correlation to equities ...

COVID-19 to lead to deglobalisation: Amundi

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... strongly after it." Amundi said there was still value in EM external debt, in particular, in Indonesian and Bahrain high yield debt. Within local debt, the asset manager sees value in Russian assets across both FX and rates, it said. The manager had ...

The domino effect: Oil falls, markets follow

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... valuations. "Companies in the upstream of the energy supply chain will face the greatest pressure," he said. "The US high yield market and issuers from the energy sector will quickly experience dislocation - credit spreads have already widened considerably. ...

ETF demand boosts gold

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... "Another reason is because real interest rates were going negative globally, across the developed world, so even though the yield on gold is zero it is still higher than a negative yield." Walesby said that despite interest in gold arising before COVID-19 ...

AMP Capital wholesale property fund rejigs withdrawals

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... and is committing to a distribution of 1.81 cents per unit in the fund for rest of 2020 which equates to 5.7% distribution yield based on March end unit price, which it says reflects its best estimate of short-term income impacts. The fund has about ...

What's next for income-focused funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... ready for a lean period of income." Hamson said while Plato hasn't calculated exactly how much lower the fund's yield could be, he hopes that it will not fall by the 30% he expects of the broader market, owing to active positions. "I think some ...

Asset values could drop to 2017 levels: MSCI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... growth can be revealed. If there were no NOI growth, an asset value reduction of 10% would imply a 60 basis point create in yield, based on the record low 5% yields registered in December 2019. "If, at the same time, NOI were to fall by 6% (as happened ...