Jamieson Coote Bonds adds Senior Portfolio Manager to its investment team

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James Wilson has joined the high grade fixed income specialist investment team as Senior Portfolio Manager, working alongside Chief Investment Officer Charlie Jamieson, based in Melbourne. James joins from VFMC

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Can negative yielding bonds deliver positive returns?

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The trade war enters new prolonged phase as both sides escalate keeping macro data weak President Trump’s announcement of additional tariffs imposed on Chinese goods early in August set the

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Time to go global as the US Federal Reserve can cut rates after weak US employment data

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Global trade data has been slowing rapidly over 2019, but last week’s US employment report was a dire warning, and can expedite the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) towards rate

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CIO Insights: Bonds perform for portfolios in the final quarter of 2018

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In 2018, many Australian investors missed a cornerstone defensive allocation that diversified risk when the rest of portfolios struggled. According to Bloomberg, major global equity markets returned -6% to -25%, global

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JCB appoints ex Hong Kong Monetary Authority portfolio manager as its Deputy CIO

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Jamieson Coote Bonds (JCB), specialist high grade bond manager, has hired ex Hong Kong Monetary Authority portfolio manager, Duangjai (Kate) Samranvedhya as its new Deputy Chief Investment Officer. Kate will

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Beware the Australian property silent correction

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The US Federal Reserve hit the brakes for first time in 13 years, policy is now economically ‘restrictive’ The US Federal Reserve (the Fed) lifted interest rates to 2.25% as

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