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BetaShares launches fixed-rate corporate bond ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... The ETP provider has chosen an index from a German provider for CRED, the Solactive Australian Investment Grade Corporate Bond Select TR Index. "The majority of fixed income indices tend to adopt a market capitalisation approach. While it is well understood ...

Aussie fixed income house partners with Israeli firm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Australia's largest fixed income specialist, with more than $10 billion in funds under management, is partnering with an Israeli portfolio solution company. FIIG Securities selected Herzliya-based BondIT to provide its relationship managers with ...

Global fixed income manager mulls active bond ETFs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
... to fixed income as at June 2016. Non-SMSF super funds however allocate 21% of assets to fixed income, with large corporate bond parcel sizes proving no barrier to larger funds. According to Kirkham, minimum spends can lock SMSFs out of high grade corporate ...

Robeco wins two mandates worth $500m

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... investments in Robeco's fundamental global credits strategy. The strategy is unconstrained and invests across the corporate bond market, including investment grade bonds in developed markets, high-yield and emerging market debt. "As we continue to ...

Corporate bond demand strengthens: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
Momentum in the local corporate bond market is strengthening as investors start to shift from a deeply-rooted property and equities investment culture to defensive assets that preserve capital and generate a reliable income stream. This is according ...

XTB launches ESG fixed income portfolio

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... million in funds under management in 2017 - up 117% over the previous year. In June, 2017 XTB appointed Australian Corporate Bond Company (ACBC) co-founder Ian Martin as its chief investment officer.

Chief economist update: Australian workers, don't expect a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
The latest Australian employment growth stat misses market expectations. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) update shows that while the unemployment rate remained at 5.5% in March - in line with expectations and unchanged from the January and ...

FIIG Securities goes global, appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... and the US, but also provides us with the opportunity to introduce foreign investors to the emerging Australian corporate bond market," Stening said. "We have experienced strong growth servicing our investor market in Australia and this European presence ...

Scared of inflation? Try deflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
Is there something wrong with this picture or what? Wall Street remains on a seesaw ride and volatility - compared with the VIX index's performance over the past three years - is through the roof. Theoretically, ex-US investors needn't be losing sleep ...

Former QIC director joins FIIG

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
FIIG Securities has appointed a former QIC director to help the fixed income specialist's growth and direction. Stephen Mackie joins FIIG Securities' Brisbane office as the director of fixed income. He joins from QIC where he was a director and an investment ...