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FIIG inks $60m corporate bond deal

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... option to invest in fixed and / or floating rate bonds, in another positive development for the expanding Australian bond market for midsized corporates."

FTSE and ASFA launch Australian bond indices

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... Funds of Australia (ASFA) to launch a set of fixed income benchmarks covering the various segments of the Australian bond market. The FTSE ASFA Australia Bond Index Series will provide "a wide variety of index and bond level analytics, along with sub-indices ...

Coffey to raise $40 million via bond market

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... duration of its debt funding. "Coffey's bond offering is another positive development for the expanding Australian bond market for midsized corporates," Paton said. The number of non-bank corporate bond issues in Australia is on the rise and new reforms ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... be released, while RBA assistant governor (financial markets) Guy Debelle, is scheduled to speak on the Australian Bond Market at an Economic Society of Australia luncheon in Canberra. In equities news, Rio Tinto holds its annual general meeting in London ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2013
The Australian bond market is slightly firmer as uncertainty reigns over whether the US Federal Reserve will start winding back its economic stimulus program this year. The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) finishes its two-day early on Thursday ...

Cash love affair continues despite falling rates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... anomaly. While it certainly suggests low levels of confidence, it can also be largely explained by the small Australian bond market, which is particularly difficult to access for SMSFs. Investment Trends found that just 7 % of SMSFs hold bonds in their ...

SSgA launches two fixed income ETFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... Advisors has launched two fixed income exchange traded funds that will offer investors easier access to the Australian bond market. The new ETFs are the State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) SPDR S&P(R)/ASX Australian Bond Fund and the SPDR S&P/ASX Australian ...

Antares makes global bond fund management appointment

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... Mark onboard. He brings strong quantitative and fixed interest skills with over 17 years experience in the Australian bond market. Mark has experience across all aspects of fixed income and we will draw on his extensive skills and knowledge to complement ...

S&P/ASX create fixed income indices suite

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... Australian Fixed Income Index Series holds the S&P/ASX Australian Fixed Interest Index which measures the Australian bond market and the sub-sector indices, the S&P/ASX Government Bond Index, S&P/ASX Commonwealth Government Bond Index, S&P/ASX State ...

Omega bond launch timed for asset allocation shift

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... debt to GDP ratios or corporates that have low leverage, high return on equity and lots of liquidity. "The Australian bond market is not that well diversified, so we want to be more diversified than the benchmark and a great way to do that is to buy ...