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Insurers face significant asset risk charges from downgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... of a downgrade on a model portfolio approximating the holding of an Australian insurer, which comprised of 25% government bonds, 25% semi-government bonds (15% AAA rated and 10%AA rated) and 50% credit (20% invested in Australian major bank bonds, 30% ...

FIIG bolsters managed bonds service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
... offering will provide investors with simplified access to professional management of investment grade senior and subordinated bonds, offering a more diverse range of entry points to the bond market and is extremely transparent with details available ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
... for shares (4%), overseas assets (4%), deposits (2%), other financial assets (19%), land, buildings and equipment (2%), bonds, etc., $3.8b (3%), short term securities (3%), and derivatives (10%). These were partially offset by decreases in units in trusts ...

Global infrastructure outperforming equities and property

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... benefit comes from a number of areas, including the reduced correlation that infrastructure has with global equities, global bonds and global REITs," Kempler said. "When investors look to an allocation in their portfolio expecting to provide a level ...

Combination of fiscal and monetary policy essential for Japan

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... doesn't work, we co-op the BOJ to agree to finance the spending - don't call it helicopter money; don't talk about 0 coupon bonds with non-redeemable. Buy the bonds but at 0 interest rate but with a clear and expressed view that you don't intend to redeem ...

Austock expands investment menu

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
... 'set-and-forget' investing matched to long-term insurance bond strategies. This is particularly so for our very popular ChildBuilder Bonds, which are often set with 20 year plus terms to meet objectives like education and home ownership funding. "Until ...

Investors missing healthy returns amid bond fears

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... While so-called 'bond king' Bill Gross spooked many investors with his comments in June that US$10 trillion of negative rate bonds globally is "a supernova that will explode one day," Grow doesn't expect that day to come anytime soon, if at all. "People ...

Investors must be ready for grey swans

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... positioning." Escobar notes that despite low or negative cash rates and bond yields existing in some parts of the world, bonds and cash remain part of the defensive havens, offering investors downside risk protection and capital preservation. "These ...

Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... 10-20% correction. According to 'The Economist magazine, equities are the only game in town because "the returns in cash and bonds are pretty dismal". Let me add moral hazard to this. Years of central bank salvation from nasty corrections have conditioned ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... Indonesian, Philippine bond indices surge The S&P Pan Asia Bond Index is a composite bond index that tracks local currency bonds in 10 countries although it's calculated in USD. According to the S&P Asia Fixed Income Index Dashboard, it rose 1.36% in ...