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Hedge Funds

Global hunt for yield drives Aussie bonds

Global investors’ hunt for return has become so keen that Australian bonds have in recent months seen high correlations with changes in yields on German bunds, according to UBS Global Asset Management. After making headlines for negative yields in March, German bund yields rallied in April and Australian bonds yields followed suit despite domestic economic […]

David RowleyJune 1, 2015

Investment Strategy

Deutsche Asset Management’s Canobi sees money going into U.S. Treasuries

Investor preference for U.S. government bonds will continue amid the plunge in global stock markets, says Andrew Canobi, portfolio manager at Deutsche Asset Management.

I & T NewsAugust 9, 2011

Hedge Funds

Rethinking fixed interest: making the ‘30’ different from the ‘70’ again

Institutional investors have been forced to decide whether they will rebalance to their pre-crisis equity allocations, which has thrust the traditional alternative in to the spotlight. “The fixed income asset class is now getting its fair share of attention amongst investment consultants, fund researchers and trustee boards…and about time too!” exclaimed Simon Doyle, Schroder Investment […]

Staff WriterOctober 2, 2009

Hedge Funds

Rethinking fixed interest: making the ‘30’ different from the ‘70’ again

Institutional investors have been forced to decide whether they will rebalance to their pre-crisis equity allocations, which has thrust the traditional alternative in to the spotlight. “The fixed income asset class is now getting its fair share of attention amongst investment consultants, fund researchers and trustee boards…and about time too!” exclaimed Simon Doyle, Schroder Investment […]

Staff WriterOctober 2, 2009

Opinion

Undoing the growth/defensive straight-jacket: how risk assessment is changing asset allocation

The proliferation of new types of investments has meant that traditional asset allocation by institutional investors has become so complex that some assets are difficult to classify as either ‘growth’ or ‘defensive’ in nature.

Staff WriterApril 11, 2006

Opinion

Undoing the growth/defensive straight-jacket: how risk assessment is changing asset allocation

The proliferation of new types of investments has meant that traditional asset allocation by institutional investors has become so complex that some assets are difficult to classify as either ‘growth’ or ‘defensive’ in nature.

Staff WriterApril 11, 2006

Opinion

House prices: some short-term bounce but longer-term stagnation

With an upturn in housing finance for the first time in two years and improved auction clearance rates in recent weeks property owners and investors may be tempted to think the slump is finished. They shouldn’t be.

Staff WriterFebruary 28, 2006

Opinion

House prices: some short-term bounce but longer-term stagnation

With an upturn in housing finance for the first time in two years and improved auction clearance rates in recent weeks property owners and investors may be tempted to think the slump is finished. They shouldn’t be.

Staff WriterFebruary 28, 2006