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GAM hires from BlackRock

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... emerging market bond strategy that "seeks to actively reduce FX volatility". "We have seen growing interest in emerging market bonds because yields from traditional sources are so low and, in some cases non-existent," Zaika told Financial Standard. "It's ...

Platinum launches investment bond

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... are set at 1.35% per year, of which 30bps is administration fees and 1.05% is the investment management fees. Investment bonds are tax-paid structures, where the bond issuer pays the 30% company tax rate to the ATO, thereby freeing the bond holder of ...

Court says minister has 'duty of care' in coal investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... regarding the federal government's responsibility for climate change's possible impact on the value of Australian government bonds.

UBS, Nomura cop fines over bond cartel

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... through the participation of a group of their traders in a cartel in the primary and secondary market for European Government Bonds (EGB). EC says EGB traders from the seven banks regularly exchanged commercially sensitive information (such as bidding ...

Investment Leadership Awards finalists named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... Infrastructure Fund (Unhedged) Vanguard Investments Australia - Vanguard Global Infrastructure Index Fund Fixed Income - Aggregate Bonds Legg Mason Asset Management - Legg Mason Western Asset Australian Bond Fund Macquarie Investment Management - Macquarie ...

QSuper makes changes ahead of merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... Invest menu, which will also widen the fee range for ETFs. QSuper is also adjusting its standard risk measure for diversified bonds from 'low to medium' to 'medium'. There will also be a range of changes in insurance terms and conditions ...

Chief economist update: Inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... the Dow by 1.99; the S&P 500 by 2.1%; the Nasdaq composite by 2.7%; and the Russell 2000 by 3.3%. The yield on 10-year US bonds increased to 1.70% from 1.62% the day before. The VIX index - the fear gauge - soared by 26.3% to a reading of 27.59 (the ...

Generation Life awards tech mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
Generation Life has awarded technology firm FRS a mandate to provide pricing and reporting for its investment bonds. Financial Risk Solutions (FRS) will provide an investment administration solution for its new investment-linked lifetime annuity and ...

Chief economist update: The Fed and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... with the ascent with their US counterparts. This bad news for both existing US and Australian bond holders as the price of bonds fall. The ugly. While recent activity indicators have been improving, risk remains until the coronavirus pandemic is completely ...

TCorp hires CBA capital markets executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... role of head of funding and balance sheet. Rob Kenna leads the team primarily responsible for raising debt in the form of bonds and managing the state's balance sheet. Kenna spent 20 years at CBA, most recently as its head of programmatic funding for ...