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AMP Life sale nears completion, new execs appointed

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... A$2.5 billion from the sale will be used to fund separation costs (which remain unchanged at A$320 million post tax), repay debt (A$800 million) and fund capital dis-synergies (A$160 million)," it said in the August 2019 revised sales agreement announcement. ...

Fixed income investors get new ESG rating

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... The firm said ESG conversations had become important to investors, with 82% of its meetings with sovereign and corporate debt issuers coring ESG topics last year, a 54% increase from 2018. Insight senior ESG analyst Joshua Kendall said the firm's analysts ...

FIIG calls for taxation, regulatory overhaul

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... longer term structural and cultural detrimental effects. "Without the ability to autonomously provide various and flexible debt-funding to Australian companies, we cannot credibly lay claim to best-practice in our capital markets, let alone be described ...

S&P warns of record fallen angels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... 12, up 56% year over year. S&P said the US has the largest number of potential "fallen angel" companies with 58 in rated debt. There have been 30 bond issuers worldwide to receive fallen angel status and a record 126 on a rating of BBB-, the lowest investment-grade ...

VanEck makes case for equal weight investing

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... examines three separate periods of recovery - the period following the 2001 dotcom burst, the 2008 GFC and the 2015-16 Greek debt crisis. "The paper finds that during these recovery periods, equal weighting outperformed the benchmark market capitalisation ...

Melbourne boutique partners with Swiss bank

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... Nicolas Faller said. UBP is looking to distribute in Australia its absolute-return fixed-income, high-yield and emerging market debt products, alternative solutions (alternative risk premia, hedge funds, hedging overlays, convertible bonds, catastrophe ...

Global investment manager appoints APAC head

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... newly created position, Ratcliffe will develop the firm's Asian and Australian real estate platform covering both equity and debt markets. He will work alongside the firm's head of Asia Pacific and global head of distribution and marketing Duncan Robertson ...

ASIC cracks down on investment manager

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... accounts and two counts of failing to comply with requirements relating to the account. SGSA provides wholesale clients with debt capital markets services, asset-backed products and commercial real estate finance. It also provides futures execution and ...

Sargon liquidators in talks with litigation funder

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... are likely to take any settlement proposal (laying out the litigation funders' cut of recovered, which will pre-empt the debt payouts) to Sargon's creditors. The proceeds will allow the liquidators to examine Sargon's transactions, potential legal claims ...

Men gamble ERS payment away: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... tobacco spending went up 39%. Across both genders, illion and AlphaBeta calculated that 15% of the super money was spent on debt repayment. "The high levels of discretionary spending from people who accessed their superannuation early further demonstrates ...