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FIIG arranges $40m Sunland bond issue

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
FIIG Securities has arranged a $40 million issue of five-year fixed rate notes for listed residential property developer Sunland Group. The senior unsecured notes will pay an indicative interest rate of 7.55% and will require a minimum initial investment ...

XTB floaters listed on ASX

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
Australian investors can now access senior floating rate notes (floaters) through ASX-listed exchange traded bonds (XTB) for the first time. The Australian Corporate Bond Company (ACBC) has listed bonds issued by banks AMP, BoQ (two XTBs), NAB (two ...

Labor opposes super trustee governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... allow superannuation fund boards to draw from a broader pool of independent directors, increasing diversity. The committee notes the concerns of submitters and witnesses in relation to unintended consequences regarding representation of members' interests ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... the right amount of cover at the right age and the right type of cover depending on their life-stage. As an example, he notes that younger REST members have "a modest amount of death insurance" which he says "is enough to handle things like a funeral ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... growth in institutional allocations to alternative assets as reasons to be optimistic about the firm's prospects. He also notes that Blackstone - which now has some US$330 billion in assets under management - was the same size as his firm at the same ...

Morningstar nabs senior equity analyst from J.P. Morgan

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... oversee Morningstar's Australian and New Zealand equity research, including the development of company reports, analyst notes, pick lists and industry and sector research as well as ratings. Morningstar equity analysts also publish in-depth sector reports ...

Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... Japanese corporate earnings to rise over the next two quarters after their weak third quarter performance. The committee notes that Japanese equities are expected to produce a 5.5% unannualised return in US dollar terms through March 2016. "We believe ...

Room to move on super investment fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... benefits of competition and its power to put downward pressure on fees and increase the quality of superannuation products." He notes the Financial System Inquiry found that between 2004 and 2013, average fees only fell by 20 basis points whereas the ...

IOSCO releases retail investor education report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... to follow regarding investor education and financial literacy initiatives. Explaining why this is important, the report notes that "IOSCO members regularly see instances of retail investors losing money they did not expect, or could not afford, to lose ...

Zero-margin platforms could target Australian market

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... according to Bravura Solutions research. Referencing economist Jeremy Rifkin's The Zero Marginal Cost Society, Bravura's report notes the rise of fintech startups like Robinhood, which offer free solutions to trading customers, and overseas fund managers ...