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MSC Trustees wins mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... with the appointment. "MSC continues to be providing trustee services for selective Australian companies issuing notes, bonds and debentures," he said. "We believe trustees have a considerable role to play in facilitating these types of capital structures ...

OneVue scores admin mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... a five-year outsourced managed fund administration agreement with OneVue and will move its property funds and investment bonds to the latter's services. The agreement is subject to satisfying APRA's review during the required notification period, OneVue ...

Rice Warner questions super return targets

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... likely to be disconnected from the realised returns over much of the next decade," Rice Warner said. "For example, 10-year bonds now yield 1.1% and equity markets usually have dismal performance during recessions, so where will these high returns be ...

Fixed income investors get new ESG rating

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... being updated. "The rating is also effective in deepening our analysis of the nascent but fast-developing market for impact bonds, where issuance recently passed the USD$1 trillion mark. This market is ripe with opportunities, yet large parts remain ...

Challenger raising $300m, to add IG bonds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
Challenger is raising up to $300 million to add to its balance sheet and will invest further in investment grade fixed income. The institutional placement of $270 million is priced at $4.89 per share for about 55.2 million new shares representing 9% ...

FIIG calls for taxation, regulatory overhaul

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... "The current global events help to demonstrate the lack of access and investment into protective assets such as government bonds and corporate bonds with very few investors owning any bonds let alone those defined as retail," Stening said. FIIG's ...

S&P warns of record fallen angels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
S&P Global has warned of a record number of junk bonds in June as issuance in the US high yield bond market tracks at its busiest pace. The global ratings agency said there is an expected US$23.88 billion priced through June 12, following on from May's ...

Melbourne boutique partners with Swiss bank

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... emerging market debt products, alternative solutions (alternative risk premia, hedge funds, hedging overlays, convertible bonds, catastrophe bonds and private markets) and its ESG and impact franchise across traditional assets.

Chief economist update: The power of money (and a cure)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... money rolling in. On June 15, the Fed announced the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF) - buying corporate bonds (up to US$250 billion) from eligible issuers. In addition, Bloomberg reports that Trump is preparing funding worth around ...

The secret to neutralising sequencing risk

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... and global record-low interest rates, as key reasons for retirees being forced up the risk curve. "In both equities and bonds, the markets' performance since 2009 globally had seemed like a one-way street for investors, as central banks around the world ...