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AMP Capital overhauls ESG investment strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... not meet the minimum ethical standards it requires. About $440 million of tobacco manufacturing-related equity and fixed income, and about $130 million invested in manufacturers of cluster munition and landmine holdings will be divested from its portfolios. ...

FIIG expands fixed income research team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Fixed income broker FIIG Securities is creating one of Australia's largest sell-side credit research teams with the appointment of two senior researchers. Joining the fixed income team is John Manning, who will take over as director - credit research ...

Legg Mason bond funds receive Zenith tick

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... Asset Macro Opportunities Fund were both given a 'Recommended' rating, while the Legg Mason Brandywine Opportunistic Fixed Income Trust came 'Highly Recommended.' Legg Mason managing director for Australia and New Zealand Andy Sowerby described the ratings ...

S&P measures green bond performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... cost-effective access to the green bond market." "We look forward to working with S&P Dow Jones Indices and helping fixed income investors achieve their investment objectives while still making a positive impact on the environment," Lopez added. S&P ...

Boutique investment manager launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... Mitchell are launching boutique investment management business Daintree Capital. Daintree offers absolute return fixed income products based on an investment philosophy of having a robust credit culture and pragmatic investment processes. It aims to ...

ETFs are coming-of-age

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... from low cost building blocks which ETFs can offer," Vynokur said. "Domestic equities, international equities, cash, fixed income, currency, commodities strategy and outcome based products are now available to investors and we expect this will continue ...

Plato launches income-focused LIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... retirees seeking a specialist, high-yield equities strategy to complement traditional streams of income like cash and fixed income. "PL8 is the first Australian LIC targeting to pay monthly, fully-franked dividends, which will appeal to investors who ...

New social bond advocates gender equality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... organisations actively championing women and equality in the workplace. The NAB Social Bond (Gender Equality) is a fixed income obligation of NAB via which institutional investors can participate in financing and re-financing organisations that the Workplace ...

Bankwest MD takes interim role at Praemium

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... $10,000 per week in the interim. Praemium recently secured a deal with Australian Corporate Bond Company to launch a fixed income SMA solution, the Yield Plus portfolio.

Forward thinking must underpin advice: Vanguard

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... retirees must look for specialist, high-yield strategies to supplement traditional sources of income like cash or fixed income," Plato managing director Don Hamson said.