bonds

Funds management

Flexible approach required for fixed income challenges

Investors will need to change the way they approach fixed income in the prevailing low return environment, Henderson Global Investors believes....

Funds management

Bonds still have their place

Investors need to be aware that “not all bonds are created equally”, and that despite yields being at historic lows, they can provide benefits....

Funds management

Brace yourself for rising interest rates

Australian investors need to prepare their portfolios for a change in the interest rate environment....

Funds management

FIIG launches division to encourage fixed income

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

Funds management

FIIG reaches over $1bn in corporate bond issuance

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

Funds management

Re-kindling the investment bond

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....

Financial planning

Investors respond to climate change with bonds

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...

Financial planning

FIIG to report daily bond prices

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

Editorial

A business approach to retirement

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

Funds management

Corporate and municipal sectors drive green bond explosion

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....

Funds management

Beware the lure of unlisted bonds: Morningstar

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

Superannuation

Retirees no drag on economy: Actuaries Institute

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...