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CFS tops up Morgan Stanley mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... place a stronger emphasis on return and income. The fixed interest exposures should have greater exposures to corporate bonds, securitised assets and emerging market debt which offer higher yield and return but are generally less liquid and have higher ...

Sahota's fund makes first close

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... is safer and more robust in volatile investment markets. Given that credit spreads are historically narrow, equities and bonds are historically expensive, Australian Catholic Superannuation believes that adding loans is a good addition to certain portfolios." ...

Chief economist update: Fed fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... July this year. And inflation expectations? They've dropped - based on the yield differential between nominal 10-year bonds and TIPS - to 1.8% currently from 2% at the start of 2018 and a high of 2.19% in May this year. "Financial developments". ...

MYEFO sees bond issuance drop

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) said in a statement. AOFM has already issued $30 billion of Treasury bonds this year. The Mid-year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) figures have also enabled the AOFM to cancel new bond lines that ...

Bonds reward equity investors seeking refuge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... followed through by ditching equities - have been well-rewarded for their efforts. Investors in Australia who switched to bonds at the end of October would be more than 4% better off than sticking with equities. This is according to FIIG Securities director ...

Challenger kicks off active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... working on bringing additional strategies to the [ETF] market," Hamilton said. The new active ETF invests in Aussie government bonds, semi-government bonds, offshore bonds, and derivatives to gain exposure to non-interest rates. It is rated by Zenith ...

Insurer awards $80m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... when investors are seeking differentiated sources of alpha for a compelling fee, H2O's returns in global macro - from bonds and currencies in particular - have outstripped some of the world's best performing managers. "H2O has built a high-performance ...

Advice firm runs rule over Labor policy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... advantage will be diminished, growth assets will still provide some tax advantages over income assets - such as term deposit and bonds - with the reduced discount of 25%." He says investment ownership structures will become even more important with increased ...

Industry fund hires executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... In August, Financial Standard reported that the fund had moved mandate with Omega Global Investors for global government bonds to a $440 million mandate to PIMCO to manage global credit as well as government bonds.

Chief economist update: Where are the BOJ exit speculators now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... Speculations started to gain prominence as early as January when the Japanese central bank "reduced purchases of 10 to 25 year bonds and 25 to 40 year paper by Â¥10B ($88.39 million) each, from its previous operations, to Â¥190B and Â¥80B, respectively" ...