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Australian Government bonds.
Exchange - traded
Australian Government Bonds are one of the lowest risk investments available.
Australian Government bonds are highly secure investment products.
The investor appetite for the risk - adjusted return is also reflected in the tightening spread to
the Australian government bonds.
Berkshire invests in
Australian government bonds and the US - dollar value of the securities fell during the quarter.
Australian government bonds gainedon Fridayafter the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) provided no hint of near - term interest rate hike, also, hinting that inflation is about to remain low for some time.
Mineral sands miner Iluka Resources says it will suffer a $ 25 million pre-tax charge to its profit as a result of the decline in
the Australian government bond rate.
If an aggressive investor wishes to construct a portfolio composed of Japanese equities, Australian bonds and cotton futures, he can purchase stakes in the iShares MSCI Japan ETF, the Vanguard
Australian Government Bond Index ETF and the iPath Bloomberg Cotton Subindex Total Return ETN.
A type of
Australian Government Bond quoted and traded on the Australian Securities Exchange.
If an aggressive investor wishes to construct a portfolio composed of Japanese equities, Australian bonds and cotton futures, he can purchase stakes in the iShares MSCI Japan ETF, the Vanguard
Australian Government Bond Index ETF and the iPath Bloomberg Cotton Subindex Total Return ETN.
Not exact matches
These steps include: efforts to simplify prospectus requirements for retail vanilla
bonds and ease the personal liability of company directors; improving market transparency through the RBA's publication of new measures of corporate
bond yields; the lengthening of the
government bond curve; and the listing of certain fixed - income securities on the
Australian Securities Exchange.
Australian banks, which were less exposed to the global financial crisis, have been raising their domestic
government bond inventories since 2008 and cutting those of corporate
bonds since 2010 (Graph 3, centre panel).
The solid performance in the
Australian fixed income market was supported by the strong gains in
government bonds.
This benchmark is suitable for comparison with historical 10 year average returns of
Australian Bond investments such as
Australian Government and
Australian corporate
bonds
A corporate
bond is not the same as a term deposit, which is currently guaranteed by the
Australian Government's deposit insurance scheme (for balances up to $ 1,000,000).