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Liquidity concerns push CSC to change target allocation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... corporate credit, 15% in real assets such as private and public property, infrastructure and other real assets, 9% in sovereign bond assets and 14% in alternatives strategies.

Breaking the bad in the eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... they are working! Just look at the drop in yields investors demand to lend to those big deficit and highly indebted sovereign members. Greece 10-year bond yields are now down to single digits. Investors now want just want 8.25% to purchase its debt - ...

Financial markets give the budget a big yawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... borrowing costs hitting 3-year lows at last night's auction and...wait for it, Fitch upgrading (yes, upgrade) Greece's sovereign debt rating to B- from CCC. But back to the budget and financial markets. Australian bonds didn't show much care either. ...

FFMA is on track to break $100bn barrier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... 2 pecentage points to the cost structure of a typical super fund. Reflecting the Future Fund operating as a de facto sovereign wealth fund, combined with imputation credits being no use to it, only 12% of its funds under management (FUM) is invested ...

Aussie instos hungry for EM debt assets

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... $80 billion in Asia. It offers access to the full spectrum of local and hard currency, investment grade corporate and sovereign bonds.

ASFA warns govt against Super raid

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... gross domestic product. Australia also remains one of just a small handful of countries to retain its coveted triple-A sovereign debt rating from all three major credit ratings agencies.

Don't be disappointed if the ECB disappoints

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
Be careful what you wish for, you might just not get it. The day is nigh...only two more sleeps and we'll get it. Like cute little children waiting for Santa, European stock markets are happy for Christmas is coming soon - it'll be here on the 2nd of ...

Collapse does not signal end of gold party

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... factors move again in gold's favour. The fragility of the US recovery, on-going Eurozone weakness and continued high sovereign debt risks are likely to keep central banks firmly in aggressive stimulus mode," he finished. Meanwhile, the fall in the gold ...

Still opportunities for flexible bond managers

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
Finding good returns in the fixed income market in 2013 is going to take a lot of flexibility, according to global fixed income giant Amundi. Equity market volatility and the compression of bond yields around the world has made fixed income assets a ...

EM debt funds burst bond bubble fears

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Despite fears of a global bond bubble, investors have poured into emerging market debt at record rates. Last year was the most successful on record for the asset class with inflows reaching more than $94 billion and average returns were in excess of ...