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Transport bolsters listed infrastructure demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... over the last decade, global listed infrastructure returns (9%) outpaced global equities (6%), property securities (3%) and bonds (8%) on a per annum basis. Even during the global financial crisis, listed infrastructure remained resilient and earnings ...

Hawkish central banks? Not the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... central bank heads of the US, the Eurozone and the UK - that the end of cheap money is nigh. But while yields on 10-year bonds have risen sharply - US Treasuries were up 23 basis points to 2.37% overnight from 2.14% at the close of the week ended 23 ...

Mystery buyer for $800m Aussie bond record

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
A single buyer has snapped up all $800 million of Australian government bonds issued by the Australian Office of Financial Management on Wednesday. It is reported to be the largest single purchase of Treasury Bonds based on auction records dating back ...

Australian end of financial year sale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... but qualified that: "those ratios ought to depend on long-term interest rates." Perhaps, but while the yield on US 10-year bonds have risen to 2.27% overnight, they're still lower than the 2.44% rate at the start of 2017 and the high of 2.63% recorded ...

XTB adds bond SMA to Macquarie Wrap

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
... Praemium SMA and SuperSMA platforms, and invests solely in individual investment-grade exchange-traded senior corporate bonds. XTB chief investment officer Ian Martin, who designed the ACBC Fixed Income No. 1 Model Portfolio, said that its addition to ...

JB Financial enters buyout mode

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... significantly increase the scale of our market operations. We believe it will put JB Financial in a market-leading position in bonds and bank bills, and will open up multiple opportunities to expand our important foreign exchange trading division as ...

Investors to benefit from $4tn US infrastructure bill

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... said. Of the total dollar figure needed to overhaul infrastructure in the US, 80% will be funded by issuance of US municipal bonds. Standish Mellon president head of tax sensitive and insurance strategies Christine Todd said this created further diversification ...

VanEck launches floating rate ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
... Floating Rate ETF, trading under the code FLOT, is based on a portfolio of Australian floating rate notes (FRNs), or short-term bonds with variable coupons tied to an interest-rate benchmark. The ETF is derived from the Bloomberg AusBond Credit FRN 0+ ...

Acorns adds ESG investment option

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
... investments. The Emerald Portfolio is diversified across all asset classes including Australian equities, international equities, bonds and cash with a three to five years investment timeframe. It aims to achieve a moderate to high level of return similar ...

Fiduciary rule introduced in United States

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... is worth noting the US$17 billion figure only accounts for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) which comprise stocks, bonds or mutual funds. The true figure is likely much higher as it does not consider the amount being lost in 401(k) accounts, though ...