The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has launched a new tier-one capital transaction PERLS XIII, seeking A$750 million.
The new offer aligns with spreading the refinancing of $6.1bn of hybrids, spanning the $1.45bn CBAPE (Oct 2021), $1.64bn CBAPF (Mar 2022) and $3.0bn CBAPD (Dec 2022).
The Commonwealth Bank PERLS deal, which...
PIMCO, one of the world’s most powerful bond fund managers, is reportedly preparing to list its fixed income funds as active ETFs in Australia.
The Financial Standard is reporting PIMCO has now applied to ASIC for approvals on listing at least three fixed income funds on the exchange.
The three funds...
The Legg Mason Brandywine Global Income Optimiser Fund has been added to investment platform Macquarie Wrap.
Managed by specialist investment manager Brandywine Global, part of Franklin Templeton, the Legg Mason Brandywine fund aims to provide an attractive and stable income by investing across diverse sources of income in global fixed...
The new Macquarie Group Capital Notes 5 (MQGPE) offer has been swamped with demand and repriced to a margin lower than the 3.00-3.20% bookbuild range at a final margin of 2.90% above 3 month bank bill.
On Friday, Macquarie Group Limited announced the allocation of A$550 million of MQGPE to...
A green and sustainable bond fund open to wholesale and retail investors has been launched by Artesian Capital Management and in a short amount of time has beaten its benchmark in each of the five months since inception.
The Artesian Green & Sustainable Bond Fund (AUD) has been running since...
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The Reddit mania that catapulted GameStop shares has "reverberated through to the bond market", according to global equity manager Eaton Vance.
Eaton Vance put AMC Entertainment, one of the largest movie theatre operators in the US and a prominent player in the European market, under the microscope.
Portfolio managers at Eaton...
Macquarie Group Limited (MGL) has launched its Capital Notes 5 (MQGPE) to replace its $531 million Capital Notes 2 (MQGPB) ahead of that issue’s first optional exchange on 17 March 2021. The offer is for $500 million.
According to Bell Potter, new hybrid issues are increasingly aligned to maturing hybrids...
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Recently the RBA announced the extension of the Quantitative Easing program. The RBA will purchase an additional $100bn in federal and state government bonds following the completion of the current program due to finish in April-2021.
RBA Governor notes “The Board will not increase the cash...
A green bond offering of US$144 million is being prepared by Altech Chemicals to help secure the remaining financing required for its high purity alumina (HPA) project in Johor, Malaysia.
The Perth-based, ASX-listed company this week announced it was working closely with London structuring agent Bedford Row Capital and Bluemount...
