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Spreads reduced in bond trading facility

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
Multi-asset trading and investment specialist Saxo Capital Markets is reducing spreads and increasing execution times for fixed income securities. The move comes six months after the launch of the firm's digital bond trading solution which covers more ...

Major banks receive Budget shakeup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
The major banks will be slugged $6.2 billion via a new levy to level the playing field for the banking sector. "This represents a fair additional contribution from our major banks and will assist with budget repair by at least $1.5 billion per year," ...

Investors paying more for less: Research

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... 89% (£281,000) for UK property managers, 70% (£262,000) for global equity managers and 27% (£40,000) for UK corporate bond managers. LCP also found little evidence that managers charging higher headline fees actually delivered proportional returns. ...

VanEck to launch smart beta bond ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... the ASX - the first of its kind in Australia. Trading under the ticker code PLUS, the VanEck Vectors Australian Corporate Bond Plus ETF tracks the Markit iBoxx AUD Corporates Yield Plus Index. This index targets the top 50% of the highest-yielding Australian-issued ...

CFSGAM grows global fixed income team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... State Investments outside of Australia and based in New York, the team of five will manage sub-investment grade corporate bond portfolios led by Matt Philo, who was appointed as the head of high yield and lead portfolio manager in May last year. Philo ...

IMF Bentham taps debt markets

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
Litigation funder IMF Bentham Limited is pushing ahead with an ongoing capital management strategy with the issue of a $40 million follow on bond. The issue was oversubscribed from the minimum issue size of $18 million. Completion of the $30 million ...

PIMCO fund "Highly Recommended"

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
A global investment manager recently received a "Highly Recommended" rating for an actively-managed fixed interest fund. The PIMCO Income Fund had its previous "Recommended" rating upgraded by Zenith Investment Partners. It is now rated at the highest ...

BT and Asgard add bond fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
An active bond fund has been added to the BT Wrap and Asgard platforms. Jamieson Coote Bonds' Active Bond Fund is the retail form of its wholesale Australian government bond strategy; it was recently rated as "recommended" by Lonsec. The fund is distributed ...

Goldman Sachs launches junk bond ETF

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... the Goldman Sachs Access Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF, and the Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF. Goldman Sachs was granted permission to introduce active and passive ETFs by the SEC in 2015. In their original filings ...

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 ...