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Milford launches two products in response to adviser demand

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
... a $1000 minimum investment. The Corporate Bond Plus Fund invests predominantly in publicly traded Australian investment grade corporate, government, and semi-government securities, and offers daily liquidity with an investment horizon of over three years. ...

BlackRock expands fixed income ETF lineup

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... Global Aggregate Bond Index, and investors can access 19,000 securities including government, securitised and investment grade corporate bonds across multiple regions. BlackRock Australia head of global product solutions Steve Ead said fixed income ETFs ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
The retirement savings of thousands of Australians have been lost in the First Guardian and Shield failures and, while investigations are ongoing, the blame for their collapse and the misconduct that led to it is being passed around like a football ...

Concentration of private credit sector a concern: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
... were to occur. The review has so far found that while most investors are "appropriately rewarded for taking sub-investment grade credit risk and maturity/liquidity risk", these risks are not always adequately outlined in offer documents and performance ...

Zenith reaffirms Metrics ratings amid doubts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
Zenith Investment Partners has reaffirmed all ratings for Metrics Credit Partners' funds following the recent downgrades by another research house. Two of Metrics' funds were downgraded by Lonsec over governance concerns earlier this month. ...

SQM sheds light on Shield Master Fund, First Guardian ratings

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... presented with "full or accurate context," saying that although its initial ratings for both funds reflected an "investment grade" classification - considered "favourable" - they were at the "lower end" of the scale. "SQM Research assigned ratings between ...

Betashares adds global bond ETF to lineup

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... Betashares chief executive Alex Vynokur said WBND is a cost-effective way to invest in a diversified portfolio of investment grade global bonds and is designed for the unique needs of local investors. "Our market leadership in cash and income ETFs allows ...

Bennelong launches Allspring Global Income Fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
... income strategy by investing across a range of global fixed income sectors, including government, securities, investment grade credit, high yield and emerging market debt markets. It offers daily liquidity and aims to outperform the Bloomberg Global ...

Macquarie AM closes $6bn European infra strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2025
... risk-adjusted returns, compared to similarly rated corporate bonds. Commenting, Macquarie AM head of infrastructure and investment grade private credit EMEA Tom van Rijsewijk said: "Recent market volatility has highlighted the need from institutional ...

Janus Henderson finalises strategic partnership with life insurer

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), set to manage Guardian's US$45 billion ($68bn) investment grade public fixed income portfolio. The partnership was initially announced in April, positioning Janus Henderson as a top 15 unaffiliated ...