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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... Financial Standard we look at the recent regulatory changes that have removed some of the barriers to the Australian corporate bond market and investigate why Australia is still behind its international peers in getting involved in this market. We also ...

New compass needed for global economy: BIS

NATHALIE OLOF-ORS, AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... has helped create more appetite for short-term, high-risk investments on stock markets, and froth in property and corporate bond markets, the report found. But at the same time, economies that had been hard-hit by the crisis had not done enough to sanitise ...

NAB arranges NEXTDC corporate bond issuance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
National Australia Bank (NAB) will become the sole arranger and bookrunner for a $30 million corporate bond issuance by data centre provider NEXTDC Limited, the first of its kind to be arranged by NAB. The five-year senior unsecured notes offer a coupon ...

Legg Mason bond fund upgraded by Lonsec

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
The Legg Mason Australian Bond Trust has been upgraded by Lonsec to 'Highly Recommended.' The Trust is managed by Legg Mason's largest affiliate fund manager and fixed income specialist with US$469 billion under management, Western Asset Management. ...

Insurers upping risk to combat low yields

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
Global insurers are looking to increase risk to combat low yields, according to the third annual Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) survey of the sector. Through independent third party research firm, KRC Research, GSAM surveyed 233 senior insurance ...

AMP gives SMSFs access to property and corporate bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... classes that require a large capital outlay. The AMP Capital Wholesale Australian Property Fund and the AMP Capital Corporate Bond Fund are aimed at SMSF investors who want to diversify their portfolios without investing directly in the asset classes. ...

SMSFs want access to infrastructure and corporate bonds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... suggested the introduction of small-scale infrastructure bonds. On the subject of corporate bonds, it said: "A deeper corporate bond market, with access for smaller investors, would allow Australian corporations access to Australian capital, reducing ...

Reduce corporate tax rate, says Macquarie

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... whether or not they turned Australia into a finance hub. Notably, Macquarie argued that the development of a deeper corporate bond market would help attract more foreign investment in Australian managed funds, while also providing more domestic income-oriented ...

No guarantee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... band from 1% to 2% in the next 2-3 months. News over the weekend was that the PBOC did it again... it allowed a corporate bond default - the first since the Chinese central bank started supervising and regulating the bond market in 1997. The PBOC just ...

Fund managers expect clients to turn aggressive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... on some fragile emerging markets and the Volker Rule's impact on certain Over the Counter markets, such as the corporate bond market, have been significant." Global fund managers expect equity markets in 2014 to deliver returns of 6.9% in the U.S. (compared ...