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Funds management

Advisers need to consider how new products and a changing client profile might warrant a new approach to fixed income, according to FIIG Securities....

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Funds management

FIIG Securities records over $1 billion in arranging total corporate bond issuance after the successful close of its latest bond origination....

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Funds management

Investment bonds have not been front of mind for many advisers in the past 20 years but are slowly coming back into vogue. Jassmyn Goh finds out what has changed....

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Financial planning

With more countries pledging to address climate change, investors have responded by increasing climate bonds by 20 per cent from last year, according to a bonds and clima...

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Financial planning

To help the OTC bond market become more transparent FIIG Securities has started reporting independent daily prices on all of its commonly-traded bonds....

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Editorial

Craig Swanger looks at the retirement income dilemma and why SMSF trustees are starting to look to fixed income. ...

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Funds management

Rapid growth in the green bond sector continued in 2014, with US$36.6 billion worth of bonds issued – more than triple the value of the 2013 issuance....

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Funds management

Retail clients lured by yield are buying unlisted bonds without considering the high risks and whether they suit their investment profile, according to Morningstar....

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Superannuation

Far from being a drain on the economy, Australia’s retirees have the potentials to be core to helping rebuild the nation’s infrastructure for years to come, a report from...

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Funds management

Austock has released a solicitor free trust structure which allows investors to set up a $100 'Bare’ holding trust. ...

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Financial planning

Austock looks to Aged Care Income Tested Fees with new product...

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Superannuation

SMSFs should increase their exposure to bonds to boost their returns, Credit Suisse analysts believe....

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Editorial

While fixed income can still offer compelling value for advisers and investors, there are a few road traps to be mindful of, Ross Kent writes....

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Superannuation

In the rush to put money in superannuation, other investment vehicles with concessionary tax benefits have been overlooked. Income bonds have become one of the forgotten ...

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Editorial

Short-term stimulus policies, like low interest rates and excessive liquidity injections, can have severe, long-term consequences for the global economy, as Stanley Yeo e...

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