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$10bn CEFC fund gets govt mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... required inputs and achieve a benchmark rate of return based on a weighted average of the five-year Australian Government bond rate across the portfolio of investments over time". The CEFC is also expected to focus its portfolio on projects and technologies ...

There's no bubble in bond markets: Tyndall AM

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
Tyndall Asset Management head of fixed income Roger Bridges has stressed that there is definitely not a bubble forming in the bond market. Current high prices and low yields have raised fears of capital losses within the asset class during 2013 but ...

Property set for attractive multi-year returns: Stan Life

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
Now is an opportune time to increase exposure to global real estate assets with high single digit returns on offer for the next three to five years, according to Standard Life Investment's Anne Breen. Unloved for much of the post-GFC period, commercial ...

New Aus equities product for BGC

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
A license to offer equity options and cash equities products has been granted to global brokerage company BGC Partners (BGC) by the Australian Securities Exchange. Set to launch 1 October, BGC said the products would boost the firm's range of over-the-counter ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... date (after a 29.1% rally in 2011). And who can ignore the rally in our very own bond market of late? Australian government bond prices have risen by more than America's (in US$ terms so we don't compare apples with oranges) so far this year - up 10.1%. ...

SSgA launches two fixed income ETFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... the State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) SPDR S&P(R)/ASX Australian Bond Fund and the SPDR S&P/ASX Australian Government Bond Fund. "These new ETFs aim to give retail investors exposure to markets which have traditionally been difficult and costly to ...

Falling bond yields, low growth, subdued returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
Yields on Australian government 10-year bonds plummeting to record lows points to investors expecting near negligible economic growth in the foreseeable future. But it could also be driven by overseas investors desperate for a safe-haven. In April this ...

Australia's finely balanced $376bn budget

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
Australia's $376 billion government budget announced last night included a forecast $1.5 billion surplus in 2012-13 that will increase steadily to $7.5 billion over the next four years. This turnaround in Australia's fiscal position is remarkable given ...

YBR launches savings fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
Yellow Brick Road Holdings has launched its first high-performance savings solution in a bid to attract mum and dad investors to low-risk cash and bond markets. The YBR Smarter Money Fund invests in high-quality, investment grade cash assets and variable-rate ...

Indonesian inflation falls to 4.25pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
The outlook for oil prices is still the wildcard for the economic outlook across the Asian region, according to the latest market update from Indonesia's Mandiri Investasi. Adding to the speculation is that central governments are trying to control ...