Scammers are continuing to target investors with fake, high-yield bond offerings and using high-profile financial institutions' likenesses to lure unsuspecting investors.
Aviva Investors, the global asset manager of Aviva plc has issued a warning to the public about a scam operation in this market. It has issued a warning on...
Pact Group, a leader in packaging, reuse and recycling, has converted $420 million of loan facilities into a sustainability-linked loan (SLL), the first transaction of its kind in Australia’s manufacturing sector.
Charles Davis, CBA’s Managing Director Sustainable Finance and ESG, said “We are proud to support Pact coming to market...
Boutique manager Apostle Funds Management has launched an ethically screened high-yield credit fund.
It's accessible to wholesale investors and adds to Apostle's stable of ethical and impact strategies, following the launch of its Apostle People and Planet Diversified Fund in April.
Apostle has designed the portfolio the be an all-weather fund...
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has helped arrange an innovative sustainability-linked loan (SLL) for North Queensland Airports (NQA) that focuses on better outcomes for biodiversity, driving through a partnership with First Nations peoples.
The loan aligns NQA’s environmental priorities to its financing, by linking the cost of borrowing to achieving...
BlackRock has launched a new Australian fixed income ETF with the announcement of iShares Global Aggregate Bond ESG AUD Hedged ETF (AESG).
Priced at 19 basis points (bps), the iShares Global Aggregate Bond ESG AUD Hedged ETF offers Australian investors a simple, low-cost way to access a globally diversified basket...
Frank Uhlenbruch, Investment Strategist in the Janus Henderson Australian Fixed Interest team, provides his Australian economic analysis and market outlook.
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Renewed central bank inflation-fighting resolve, and a preparedness to bear the costs of tighter monetary conditions, pushed global and domestic yields higher. Equity and credit markets gave back earlier...
Perpetual Limited has announced that it has entered into a binding Scheme Implementation Deed with Pendal Group (ASX:PDL) under which Perpetual intends to acquire 100% of shares in Pendal by way of a Scheme of Arrangement.
Perpetual said in a statement that the highly aligned businesses will create a leading...
Global Bonds Portfolio Manager at Janus Henderson Investors, Jason England has provided some commentary surrounding the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's speech on Friday at the Kansas City Fed's annual policy forum in Jackson Hole, Wyoming:
Last year at the annual Jackson Hole Symposium as the hawks grew louder and increased in...
bfinance, a global investment consulting firm, has issued its latest quarterly Manager Intelligence and Market Trends report, for Q2 2022, providing insights into how investors are adjusting their portfolios due to difficult market conditions driven by rising inflation and increasing interest rates.
During the period investors were closely focused on...
