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ETFs increasingly used to trade risk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... media, noting ETF trading during periods of market stress did not equate to forced redemptions of underlying stocks and bonds. Petering used the performance of iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG), to demonstrate her point. "HYG has performed ...

Industry fund awards fixed income ESG mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... fixed income and credit. Local Government Super has given PIMCO an ESG mandate to invest in global credit and government bonds. PIMCO already holds mandates from LGS. LGS chief investment officer Craig Turnbull said the fund is pleased to continue its ...

Aussie super asset allocation "riskier": Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... equity allocation is almost double its bond allocation, which attracts 26% of assets. UBS added Australia's allocation to bonds was the lowest of the nations analysed for its report - Australia, Denmark, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, the United ...

Australia's weekus horribilis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... euro by 1.6% and the British pound by 0.8%. The Japanese yen declined by 0.5%. Similarly, the yield on Australian 10-year bonds declined to 2.52% (from 2.55% at the end of the previous week's trading) before closing at 2.54% on Morrison's win. Whether ...

Chief economist update: Little market reaction from BOJ tweak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... effects of the consumption tax hike scheduled to take place in October 2019." "The bank will purchase Japanese government bonds (JGBs) so that 10-year JGB yields will remain at around zero percent. While doing so, the yields may move upward and downward ...

Cromwell operating profit up 3pct, trims distributions

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... deliver better value. During FY19, it sold more than $154 million of property assets on its balance sheets, issued convertible bonds and refinanced all its debt. On June 29, Cromwell refinanced its Australian debt, extending the tenor to 5.2 years. On ...

AI to transform financial services: Deloitte

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... nine key findings about how AI is changing the "physics" of financial services. According to the report, AI will weaken the bonds that have historically held together financial institutions and create unexpected combinations of new and old capabilities. ...

JPMorgan fund excludes tobacco, cuts fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... Josh Berelowitz said the fund has added a modest position in duration throughout 2018 in the form of US 10-year Treasury bonds, as yields climbed above 3%. With short-term equity-bond correlations at negative, the portfolio manager saw this as an attractive ...

LIT serves up junk bonds to SMSFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
A new listed investment trust is offering SMSF investors an opportunity to invest in high-yield bonds, with an annual net distribution north of 5%. The Neuberger Berman Global Corporate Income Trust will hold about 300 high-yield securities, with the ...

Janus Henderson promotes Aussie team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... above the benchmark in the last three years and charges a management fee of 0.45%. It holds a portfolio including government bonds, corporate debt both senior and subordinated, asset backed securities, supra national, hybrids, derivatives and cash. Credit ...