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The future is fast arriving: BlackRock

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... change our long-term return expectations - and shift our strategic asset class preferences away from nominal government bonds and toward credit." Five-year returns are expected to be negative across developed markets, the Institute said, with yields ...

Balanced funds fundamentally flawed

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... difficult to understand why," he said. "Over the years, these portfolios have switched from low interest-bearing government bonds to infrastructure, credit and property in the belief these assets would act as defensive proxies for low yielding debt instruments." ...

BetaShares launches new ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... long-maturity, income-producing bonds issued by governments of G7 nations, hedged into AUD. BetaShares said global government bonds have historically provided significant diversification and defensive benefits to portfolios during periods of market decline. ...

Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... asset in the current environment for investors searching for yield. "With central banks targeting yield curves, government bonds have become less attractive," he said. "For example, you would get about 25bps in outright yield on three-year government ...

Chief economist update: The outlook for Australia, according to COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... monetary policy settings unchanged, "including the targets for the cash rate and the yield on three-year Australian Government bonds of 25 basis points) - puts into black and white the collective and individual thoughts of all (not most) central bankers ...

BlackRock turns optimistic on credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... tactical views on major global asset classes (in USD terms) are now neutral for all global asset classes (equities, government bonds and cash) except credit, which it upgraded in April. "We are mostly sticking to benchmark holdings on an asset class ...

Chief economist update: COVID-infected Aussie stats trickle in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... which included: A reduction in the cash rate target to 0.25%. A target for the yield on three-year Australian Government bonds of around 0.25%. A term funding facility for the banking system, with particular support for credit to small and medium-sized ...

Opportunities in fixed interest during crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... cash rates will be held at 0.25% for at least the next three years," Sivapalan said. "We've observed the RBA buy government bonds and on Wednesday 25 March, also witnessed their purchase of semi-government bonds in scale." For Janus Henderson's fixed ...

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 ...