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CFS tops up Morgan Stanley mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... Count Financial, Financial Wisdom, Aussie Home Loans and CBA's minority shareholdings in ASX-listed CountPlus and Mortgage Choice - together termed as "Newco." SocietyOne managing director and chief executive Jason Yetton was appointed as NewCo chief ...

Australia's first active fixed income ETF goes live

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... The strategy invests in corporate investment grade bonds, semi-government and government bonds, supranational bonds and mortgage and asset backed securities, currently with an average rating of AA. It has scooped up fixed income awards from rating houses ...

Chief economist update: Fear and loathing on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... growth slowed to 6.1% in the year to August from 6.6% in the previous month. Not surprising given the jump in 30-year mortgage rates to 4.85% - the highest since April 2011 - from under 4% at the start of 2018. The negative wealth effect from the tumbling ...

Investors sharpen watch on RMBS

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
Issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities hit record levels in Australia last year, led by non-bank lenders. And even though the residential mortgage-backed security pool is ripe for picking by fixed income and debt managers, challenges surround ...

Cash is cash, APRA tells super funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... bonds and hybrid debt instruments among others. APRA's review found cash options had exposure to asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, commercial bonds and hybrid debt instruments, credit-default swaps, loans and other credit instruments - ...

Major banks receive Budget shakeup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... enable the introduction of the levy, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will undertake a residential mortgage pricing inquiry until 30 June 2018, which will enable the ACCC to demand relevant authorised deposit-taking institutions explain ...

DomaCom gets ASIC tick for bond crowdfunding

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... cash rate with the security of a first registered mortgage and a loan-to value ratio (LVR) of less than 50%." "Mortgage Bonds will usually have a fixed term of 5 years and the current expected return of 5.04% with the security of a first registered mortgage ...

Legg Mason launches new bond fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... up to 15% to high yield and emerging market debt. Investments cover government and corporate bonds, high yield debt, mortgage and asset-backed securities and emerging market bonds. Country head and managing director of Legg Mason, Andy Sowerby, said ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... same period. These could fall even more as interest rates continue to increase. Already, the big four banks have raised mortgage rates as they try to offset the pressure on their interest rate margins caused by higher funding rates. The good news for ...

Managed accounts boost income by 77%: case study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... subordinated debt securities, hybrids, floating rate notes, inflation linked bonds, asset backed securities and residential mortgage backed securities. Results such as these are possible as bonds can now be traded in parcels more accommodative to investors ...