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Robeco launches credit income fund in Australia

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... (SDGs). The SDG Credit Income Fund is an actively managed global credit strategy that selects opportunities from investment grade to emerging market credits and applies Robeco's SDG assessment framework in screening companies that contribute positively ...

MySuper reforms could have downsides

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... which score "team stability" very highly. In May this year, Lonsec downgraded AustralianSuper from recommended to investment grade due to high staff turnover. "There is definitely a challenge for fund managers when it comes to the 'perception management' ...

Super fund tops up Tribeca mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... Accumulation Index's -5.08%. Ratings have started to come back as well, with an approved from Zenith and investment grade from Lonsec. UniSuper stuck with Tribeca through the leadership changes and last year's underperformance, after allocating ...

Sydney Aussie equities manager trims fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... is managed by Will Culbert and Tom Millner. The fee cut comes as it receives its first rating, from Lonsec as investment grade. "During the recent review process, the Lonsec analysts were open and upfront that our price was okay but not a competitive ...

Bain Capital begins restructure reckoning

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... management, Virgin Australia will emerge from voluntary administration with a strong balance sheet "worthy of an investment grade rating", the ASX release said. "Virgin Australia has been a challenger in the Australian market for 20 years, and as a result ...

Australians without advice struggle in pandemic: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... world will have on the future prospects for their portfolios," he said. "Cash, government bond and high-quality investment grade corporate bond returns are unlikely to compensate long-term investors for the rising costs of inflation. Unfortunately, we ...

Fixed income investors get new ESG rating

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... introduced a new ESG risk rating for fixed income products, which it claims covers around 95% of companies in global investment grade indices. The firm's new ESG risk rating tool provides the firm's credit research hub with a "fresh" feed of data, and ...

Challenger raising $300m, to add IG bonds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
Challenger is raising up to $300 million to add to its balance sheet and will invest further in investment grade fixed income. The institutional placement of $270 million is priced at $4.89 per share for about 55.2 million new shares representing 9% ...

Fed buys up BlackRock ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... program, with its ETFs making up around half of the central bank's purchases. The Fed bought US$1.58 billion in investment grade and high-yield ETFs in May; six were high-yield ETFs and 11 were investment grade. The largest purchases by the Fed, were ...

BlackRock iShares launches two ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... provide attractive, stable income streams via exposure to a diversified portfolio of high-quality Australian investment grade corporate bonds. Investors will also benefit from investing in institutional quality ETFs that meet daily liquidity and transparency ...