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Schroders head of fixed income for Australia, Stuart Dear, has identified two areas of the fixed income market that he believes are currently attractive to investors....

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Betashares has expanded its fixed income solutions with the launch of a new ETF offering exposure to subordinated bonds issued by the big four Australian banks....

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The latest monthly Bank of America global fund manager survey has found investors are starting to shift cash into bonds as cash allocations reach a three-year low. ...

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AUSIEX analysis has discovered the net traded value of Australian dollar fixed income ETFs more than doubled from January to April, reflecting growing investor demand....

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Some 44 per cent of top quartile bond funds in 2021 remained in the top quartile two years later, according to S&P Dow Jones research, far higher than their equity counte...

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Asset manager Nuveen is seeing opportunity in municipal bonds which are at their highest yields in over a decade....

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Asset managers have shared how it may be time for advisers to switch clients out of cash and term deposits and back into bonds. ...

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Aviva Investors is maintaining an underweight stance on the communications sector within its high yield allocation as it believes it faces a higher default rate....

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Global fixed income fund Bentham Global Opportunities has been added to several major platforms, enabling it to be accessed more easily by financial advisers. ...

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Global fund managers are shunning bonds, with the asset class seeing the largest drop in allocations in more than 20 years....

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There is a role for advisers using inflation-linked bonds in portfolios, according to AXA IM, as the possibility of higher inflation necessitating another US rate hike is...

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Schroders’ fixed income managers Adam Kibble and Kellie Wood have shared their views on Australia’s monetary policy path and whether term deposits should play a role in c...

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PIMCO believes the Australian bond market is offering compelling yields for advisers already regardless of the next action of the Reserve Bank of Australia....

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The global investment firm has announced a new active bond fund, offering investors a diversified portfolio of Australian and global fixed income securities....

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Amundi has detailed its current asset allocation in fixed income, including its weighting to Japan after the Bank of Japan made its first interest rate hike since 2016....

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