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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 ...

Asset allocation in a post-pandemic world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... maintaining adequate risk diversification via headline asset allocation alone will be more difficult with developed world bond yields at extremely low levels and cash rates anchored close to zero in the near term," Wilson said. "The latent diversification ...

Regal Atlantic fund perks up in April

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... the fund is still down 65.9% since the start of the year after accounting for March and February performance. "Long-term bond yields continue to compress, equities remain inexpensive relative to bonds and ongoing volatility offers good opportunities ...

Investors pile into companies on life support

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... earnings." At least over the short term the market dislocation had been addressed, he said, with volatility easing in both bond and equity markets. In the current environment, Liu recommends investors look to companies that will rebound when the economy ...

Investment manager launches income fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... non-traditional credit markets," he said. "There is a US$4 trillion opportunity set across the US and European corporate bond, bank loan and alternative credit markets." The fund manager's multi-asset approach captures real-time shifts in value in all ...

Death of dividends greatly exaggerated: Epoch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... clearer. "In a world starved for yield a portfolio of high quality global equities is a good place to go for income when the bond yields alone are not up for the job," he said. "In this new investing environment, investors would do well to focus some ...

BetaShares launches new ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... to long-dated sovereign bonds issues by some of the world's largest developed economies. The BetaShares Global Government Bond 20+ Year ETF - Currency Hedged (GGOV) aims to track an index that provides exposure to a portfolio of long-maturity, income-producing ...

Global asset manager launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... 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 inefficiencies ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
"Happiness equals reality minus expectations". Tom Magliozzi's famous five words appear to have made their way to Wall Street. For how else is one to explain the rally on 'the wall' - S&P 500 up 1.7%; DJIA up 1.9%; Nasdaq up 1.6%; Russell ...

Opportunity for the brave: High yield credit

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... Mitchell said. "High yield securities are issued by less credit worthy companies and the structure and conditions around each bond issued can vary quite a bit." If investors have the experience analysing these types of structures, they will be able to ...