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ETF market capitalisation continues to grow

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... also continued to grow, with 146 exchange traded products now on the ASX, up from 128 in 2015 (excluding exchange traded bonds). Senior investment analyst at Zenith, Dugald Higgins, said: "New ETF strategies have also become available over the past year ...

Aussie bonds attractive to global investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... global investors realising that low rates are here to stay. "Our clients tell us they continue to view Australian government bonds as equal to any in the world. We're seeing an increase in international funds, central banks and pension funds attending ...

Lonsec rates Altius bond funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... production or sale of thermal coal. In its review of the funds, Lonsec said: "The funds seek to shift between cash and Australian bonds at various times during the cycle in an effort to protect capital. This product might be suited to investors who would ...

Livestock finance firm completes bond issue

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
FIIG Securities says a recent $30 million bond issue by a livestock finance group exemplifies how companies can use bonds to diversify their debt profile and fund new growth. StockCo completed the bond issue as part of a capital restructuring that will ...

Popularity of annuity bonds set to soar

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Indexed annuity bonds are expected to experience sales growth over the next 12 months as the reality of low interest rates and high volatility drives more investors to the asset class. FIIG Securities national manager of adviser services, Simon Michell ...

Yale returns 3.4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... form of increased spending and enhanced endowment value." YEF's asset allocation is 19% in equities, 13% in property, 8% in bonds and cash with the remaining 60% in absolute return funds, venture capital, leveraged buy-outs and natural resources. YEF's ...

Investment bonds key to secure retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... last week is passed high net-worth investors may need to consider alternatives to supplement their super such as investment bonds, according to Centuria Capital. Centuria's Neil Rogan, general manager of the investment bond division, believes wealthier ...

No new monetary policy moves on horizon: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... current levels. While this means lower returns for fixed-income investors, it also means that the much feared bear market in bonds remains some way off and, with luck and careful policy management by central banks, may yet be avoided," said Taylor. Taylor ...

A new narrative for diversification: Western Asset

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... gives the investor and financial adviser access to a whole new world of fixed income. "We don't have to go crazy looking at bonds in certain ways, if anything unconstrained trading means liberating or opening up the investment universe in fixed income ...

Christmas in September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... Santa Yellen's Xmas gift cheered Wall Street though -- the S&P 500 index closed 1.1% higher and the yield on 10-year US bonds down 4 bps to 1.65% on the day. Let's hear it from Santa Janet: "So why didn't we raise the federal funds rate at today's meeting? ...