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Fed buys up BlackRock ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... Bond Index Fund ETF Shares (VCIT), Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares (VCSH), iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) and SPDR (JNK). The decision has elicited some controversy as BlackRock is also running the Fed's ...

Opportunities exist in high yield: Eaton Vance

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... Wealth manager Eaton Vance believes there to be investment opportunity in the current volatile environment for global high yield investors, with relatively attractive returns expected for the coming 12 months. Following the strong rally in asset markets ...

Morningstar downgrades two Vanguard funds to neutral

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... lower-investment-minimum share classes of the $16.7 billion Vanguard Index Australian Shares Fund and the $2 billion Vanguard High Yield Australian Shares Fund were moved to a Morningstar analyst rating of neutral yesterday. The first fund, which has ...

Death of dividends greatly exaggerated: Epoch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... looking for companies with attractive yields, it is important not to buy stocks with the highest dividend yields. "A high yield could be the product of a one-time windfall or a collapsing stock price which may not be sustainable," McIntyre said. "To ...

Global asset manager launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... Global High Income Fund. The asset manager said the fund is a concentrated, high-income portfolio of primarily global high yield corporate bond opportunities. The fund aim to apply an active management approach to global high yield to capitalise on market ...

Opportunity for the brave: High yield credit

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
There are opportunities for investors in the high yield market in the current environment, but only for the brave. That's according to Daintree Capital director and credit portfolio manager Mark Mitchell, who warned retail investors to steer clear of ...

Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... albeit with heightened risk. In a world of low government bond yields (some below negative) and low term deposit rates, high yield bonds look very attractive, despite their risks. These bonds attract credit ratings by houses such as Moody's or S&P ...

Multi-asset strategies key in COVID-19 crisis: First Sentier

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... said. "And if inflation rises, gold can provide protection. But for now, we think gold can be a great diversifier." High yield credit in comparison is no longer looking quite so resilient, Somaia said. "High-yield credit has a high correlation to equities ...

COVID-19 to lead to deglobalisation: Amundi

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... strongly after it." Amundi said there was still value in EM external debt, in particular, in Indonesian and Bahrain high yield debt. Within local debt, the asset manager sees value in Russian assets across both FX and rates, it said. The manager had ...

The domino effect: Oil falls, markets follow

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... valuations. "Companies in the upstream of the energy supply chain will face the greatest pressure," he said. "The US high yield market and issuers from the energy sector will quickly experience dislocation - credit spreads have already widened considerably. ...