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Laminar awarded hedge fund of the year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013
Laminar Funds took home the Australian hedge fund of the year award for its Laminar Credit Opportunities Fund at a ceremony at The Star in Sydney yesterday. The fixed interest fund invests in a range of corporate bonds, bank debt, credit derivatives ...

Cash Converters to raise $60m through bond issue

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
Alternative credit provider and pawnbroker Cash Converters is the latest company to issue an unrated corporate bond through fixed income broker FIIG Securities. Cash Converters hopes to raise between $50 and $60 million through the unsecured bond issue. ...

FIIG targets SMSFs with low-limit corporate bond

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
Fixed income broker FIIG Securities has cut the lower corporate bond investment limit to $10,000 in a move to attract more investment from the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) sector. FIIG had previously put the limit at $50,000, which was itself ...

Henderson announces record profits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... certain clients have started to shift from traditional, and currently low yielding, index managed government and corporate bond funds to more diversified, higher return seeking alternatives. "We have seen this with improved flows into our Total Return ...

End of QE sounds death knell for 'zombie' stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... some sectors which would otherwise have remained somewhat lackluster," he said. Humphreys points to the high yield corporate bond market in the US. Compiled of debt securities issued by non-investment grade companies, this sector has seen significant ...

CareSuper awards $65m mandate to Neuberger Berman

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... said would establish a new capability spanning hard and local currency mandates, as well as emerging market debt corporate bond and dedicated Asian debt strategies.

Adviser "enshrinement" bill passes through lower house

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The House of Representatives has passed the Corporations Amendment (Simple Corporate Bonds and Other Measures) Bill 2013 with amendments to enshrine the terms 'financial adviser' and 'financial planner' in law. Currently under the C orporations Act ...

Exchange-traded government bonds to trade on ASX

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... allowing retail investors to diversify their savings and providing an important foundation for the development of a corporate bond market. These benefits will help improve Australia's economic competitiveness," ASX chief executive Elmer Funke Kupper ...

Neuberger Berman adds EM debt capability

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
Neuberger Berman has added emerging market debt to its suite of investment capabilities, with the appointment of 22 investment professionals, including 19 from ING Investment Management. Rob Drijkoningen and Gorky Urquieta, who were instrumental in ...

Value in EM debt and bank loans for bond investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
Fixed income investors can still find pockets of value in the bank loan and emerging market debt markets, according to Invesco's head of fixed income in London, Greg Freer. The compression of global yields in the wake of the global financial crisis ...