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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 ...

SMSFs retarding growth in Australia: Credit Suisse

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... asset for an ageing pension scheme as it will provide our beloved Selfies with the coupon they crave." However, "corporate bond holders cannot dictate terms to management like equity holders can, unless there is a situation of default."

Credit to escape impending bond rout

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
Fixed income investors should avoid the worst of the impact of rising interest rates by holding bonds with higher yields, according to UBS Wealth Management global chief investment officer Alexander Friedman. With interest rates at record lows across ...

Franking credits hindering corporate bond market: AMP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
The franking credit system is hindering the development of a vibrant corporate bond market in Australia, according to AMP Capital's head of credit markets Jeff Brunton. Brunton said that franked dividends, which can provide a significant income particularly ...

AllianceBernstein targets retirees with high yield fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
AllianceBernstein has launched a Global High Income Fund aimed at annuity investors seeking to diversify and gain access to a higher level of income. AllianceBernstein senior portfolio manager Jeremy Cunningham noted that annuity and term-deposit rates ...

Should super have its own regulator?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... financial services inquiry, known informally as the 'Son of Wallis inquiry', should address Australia's diminutive corporate bond market. "The amount of genuine, non-financial - so that's corporate, Aussie denominated paper - that we raise in a year ...

FIIG to manage new mid-cap corporate bond issue

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
Commercial print company PMP Limited has become the latest ASX-listed mid-cap to announce it will access the corporate bond market through a wholesale note issue arranged by bond broker FIIG Securities. The 4-year senior unsecured bond issue is set ...

FIIG's latest bond issue already oversubscribed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013
Corporate bond broker FIIG Securities' $60 million Cash Converters bond issue has closed after receiving full subscription within two weeks of its release, demonstrating a healthy appetite for unrated corporate debt. FIIG said the five-year unsecured ...