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Nomura appoints Australian president

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... dedicated research group to focus on the sustainable development of the ESG bond market. "Given the large number of ESG bonds including green bonds issued in recent years, there is a need for more research on how the ESG bond market will develop in the ...

Chief economist update: Australia cruising at low altitude

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... secure and incomes are growing. Conversely, fixed interest investors generally consider economic expansion as negative for bonds because it can indicate inflation may be going up which might force interest rates to increase. When interest rates go up ...

Insto mandate seeds Aviva fund launch

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... it aims to deliver returns in both rising and falling bond markets. And Munro believes there is a lot more to play out in bonds. He sees no immediate end to movement in interest rates and if they continue to increase, and selected equity markets and ...

Private equity firm sells Bravura stake

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... management and portfolio administration platform. Foresters provides investment and insurance products such as friendly society bonds, funeral bonds, and death and distress benefit funds. It supports a large network of Australia's funeral directors through ...

Don't time equity returns with interest rates: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
... returns. After analysing the S&P/ASX 300 index monthly returns, RBA cash rates changes, and five-year and 10-year government bonds from 1980 to January 2018, the fund manager found "no discernible pattern." When the official cash rate rose, share market ...

Advisers cautious over fixed income allocations

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... portfolios. The ultimate question then becomes when do advisers and investors shift money from equities and cash back into bonds and get ahead of market sell-offs or downturns. While the strategist wasn't about to give any answers about timing markets ...

Avenir recruits Platinum analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... from Spanish asset manager Arcano, where she was a credit investment analyst specialising in leveraged loans and high yield bonds. Prior to that, she worked in PwC's Spanish corporate finance and debt advisory team. Warner said at the time: "Having Patricia ...

Scared of inflation? Try deflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... Bank Rate at 0.50% (which it lifted by 25 bps last November) and the quantitative easing ceilings for gilts and corporate bonds remain at £435 billion and £10 billion, respectively. Needless to say, the BOE is operating under a different environment. ...

Former QIC director joins FIIG

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... institutions alike. I'm looking forward to contributing to FIIG's work in helping investors access the benefits of corporate bonds in Australia." FIIG has more than $10 billion in term deposits and corporate bonds under advice in its short-term money ...

Market volatility ideal for fundamental investors: Expert

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... industrial cyclicals and financials," he said. "One's that don't do as well are the defensive, secular growth stocks like REITs, bonds etc. There's nothing wrong with them, you're not going to get hurt from an earnings perspective, but they're just defensive ...