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Fixed income liquidity squeeze bites

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... than buyers, and bid/ask spreads widened significantly, even for heavily traded and safe securities. Australian government bonds were trading at bid/ask spreads of 15 to 20bps up from the under 1bps normally, while global high-yield debt was showing ...

RBA expands stimulus measures to states

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... unprecedented and comes after the bank announced it would be buying $13 billion worth of securities in Australian government bonds. The "comprehensive package" agreed by the Reserve Bank board last week included targeting a yield on three-year Australian ...

Bond fund spreads widen

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... parts of the fixed interest universe -- including high-yield credit but also safer assets such as Australian government bonds -- universe and traders face higher bid/offer spreads. Kapstream's flagship absolute return income fund, for example, last ...

RBA pulls QE trigger

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... "comprehensive package" agreed by the Reserve Bank board also included targeting a yield on 3-year Australian Government bonds of around 0.25%, launching a term funding facility for the banking system and remunerating exchange settlement balances at ...

US turns to QE, RBA to follow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... economic impact of the virus. RBA governor Philip Lowe said the central bank "stands ready to purchase Australian government bonds." Lowe made the announcement on Monday, following the Fed's decision overnight. Lowe said: "Australia's financial ...

Equities not that expensive: Hamish Douglass

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... price earnings multiple to produce an earnings yield and subtracting the return investors would get from owning government bonds, Douglass argued that risk premiums had averaged out. "The risk premium on equities is at its 120-year average," he said. ...

Push for more foreign investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... residency once they have invested at least $5 million in Australian capital projects, shares or corporate and government bonds. Those against the scheme, including the Productivity Commission, believe the benefits are negligible and only serve to benefit ...

Millennials not attracted to property

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... total return of 145% (in AUD terms), Australian equities generated a real total return of 97%, while Australian government bonds produced a real total return of 63%." Medallion Financial managing director Michael Wayne told Financial Standard that low ...

VanEck launches new income product

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... need to evaluate their risk profile to continue to build equity this coming decade. "Simply speaking, cash and government bonds will not yield the income that retirees need for retirement in this new decade, which will force them to move up the risk ...

Inflation the forgotten risk to retiree portfolios

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... still presented a real risk to the spending power of retiree clients. He said that by making a simple shift from government bonds to inflation linked bonds, advisers could ensure their clients were protected. "All those government bonds you hold which ...