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Institutional investors on the march in fixed income

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... Pacific tend to allocate to solutions that can either hedge interest rate risk or deliver superior capital appreciation and yield." "Recent years have also seen growing interest from investors in alternative credit such as bank loans and emerging market ...

CBA embroiled in rate-rigging allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... financial markets. Court filings show CBA, from time to time, traded in the bank bill market with the purpose of affecting the yield and the BBSW to its advantage, and to the disadvantage of parties with an opposite exposure to the BBSW. Further, CBA ...

Chief economist update: The spook on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... Nasdaq 0.9% and the Russell 2000 1%. The butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker all blamed the bond market as the yield on 10-year Treasuries rose to 2.73% - the highest level since April 2014. My data shows that perhaps 'Business Insider' went ...

Chief economist update: No stealth tapering, no exit strategy...yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
"QQE with Yield Control" is here to stay as long as it's necessary to "achieve the price stability target of 2 percent" and "stays above target in a stable manner". The Bank of Japan (BOJ) couldn't be clearer on its forward guidance following the conclusion ...

J.P. Morgan wins global fixed income mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... boutique multi-manager. Alpha Fund Managers invested in the JPMorgan Global Bond Opportunities Fund with a view to "enhancing yield diversification opportunities across global fixed income sectors." Alpha Fund Managers portfolio manager Julien Brodie ...

Chief economist update: ECB sees low rates for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
Echoing BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's quick push back on taper speculations, Deutsche Bundesbank president and ECB governing council member Jens Weidmann used his speech at the Ludwig-Erhard Summit in Bavaria to do the same. Like Kuroda, Weidmann's ...

AMP Capital adds key social infrastructure asset

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... infrastructure market, showcasing its position as a leading investor and manager of PPP assets." AMP Capital's CommIF invests in high-yield, brownfield, social infrastructure PPP assets in Australia and New Zealand in sectors such as education, health ...

Chief economist update: Bond sell bomb shell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
Bill Gross - known as the "king of bonds" - has recently dropped a bombshell, or in this case, a bond sell. The Financial Times reports that: "The Janus Henderson manager said the $2.2bn Global Unconstrained Bond Fund has taken a short position on Treasuries ...

Aussie currency drives fund launch

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
A $600 billion global asset manager is running its first Australian dollar money market fund, responding to institutional and wholesale investor demand from across Asia Pacific. HSBC Global Asset Management launched its first Australian Dollar Liquidity ...

Charter Hall, ISPT boost property portfolios

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... create institutional quality investment opportunities in the office sector, adding significant value and enhanced income yield and total returns for our managed funds," he said. The new tower will comprise 16,500sqm of office space and mostly retain ...