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Australian Ethical launches country's first ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... the index, on an after-fees basis since inception, returning an annualised 4.5% versus 4.4% from the UBS Composite Bond Index. "While benchmarked against the UBS Composite Bond Index, our Fixed Interest Trust's universe is considerably more discerning ...

Bloomberg names exec to lead new bond indices business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
The analyst responsible for managing the suite of UBS Australia Bond indices has joined Bloomberg Indexes to head up the company's AusBond Indexes business based in Sydney. In her new role, Kerry Angel will represent the Bloomberg Indexes business in ...

Bloomberg acquires well-known UBS indices

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... Under the transaction, Bloomberg will acquire all UBS Australia bond indexes, including the benchmark UBS Composite Bond Index. The index family will be renamed the Bloomberg AusBond Indexes and will be independently calculated, maintained and licensed ...

Aussie shares out of favour as managed fund investors go global

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... triggered an exodus from bond funds of more than $2.3 billion. Passive fixed income vehicles such as BlackRock Global Bond Index and Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index experienced significant outflows, with investors concerned that passive funds ...

FEATURE: The cost of cash

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... returned 19.68% in 2013, and the much safer global fixed income market - as represented by the Citigroup World Government Bond Index (Unhedged in AUD) - returned 11.41%, and it's difficult to see why anybody is holding term deposits at all. For the full ...

Asian bonds insulated from Cyprus turmoil

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... have ratings of BBB+ and BBB- respectively. Lunt added that even following a bumper 25% return from the Asian dollar bond index in 2012, she anticipates mid single digit growth in 2013. Chan was also unfazed by concerns of a bubble forming in fixed income ...

New CIO for Vanguard Asia-Pac

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... Commenting on Davis's appointment, global CIO Tim Buckley said: "Greg has considerable experience in managing more than 25 bond index fund portfolios and 14 ETFs. He will continue to ensure Vanguard's offerings to investors are low cost, transparent ...

EM debt not to be overlooked: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... Philip Poole, global head of macro and investment strategy, HSBC Global Asset Management. J.P. Morgan's Emerging Markets Bond Index Global shows that the risk premium on dollar-denominated emerging-market sovereign debt has shrunk to 370 basis points ...

No change - no mas, no less

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... returned have to console themselves with paltry returns. Government bonds - as measured by the Citigroup world government bond index - gained 1.4% between end-May and end-July. This is a monthly series so I don't have August's numbers yet but unless ...

Corporate bonds stagnant in Australia

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... sector's risks. Corporate and securitised bonds comprise $55bn or 10% of the Barclays Capital Australian Aggregate Bond Index. Tim Haywood, investment director business-unit head for fixed income at GAM said that the demand for the bonds comes at a time ...