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An analysts view of this year’s horses
Fun for the Melbourne Cup. With many clients feeling disgruntled with the markets, investment analysts may have found themselves at a loss of what to do with their spare time. Fortunately, the Melbourne Cup has come round again!

An analysts view of the Melbourne Cup means that its not about who’s going to win, but who will provide the best bang for your buck!

Macquarie has had an excellent track record with an in depth analysis for those of you that

Bendigo & Adelaide Bank has just announced the launch of a new income offer: Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Convertible Preference Shares (CPS).The first round of access is through a broker firm allocation, prior to shareholder offer and listing in November.

The Shares will pay a semi annual coupon of 5.0%-5.5% (rate determined by the bookbuild) over the 180 day bank bill swap rate (BBSW), which was 3.37% as of 21st September, with an initial indicative rate of 8.37%-8.87%pa. (The first

Commonwealth Bank has announced the launch of a new income offer: CBA Perls VI (CBAPC).The first round of access is through a broker firm allocation, prior to shareholder and general offer and listing in October.

The Shares will pay a quarterly coupon of 3.80%-4.00% over the 90 day bank bill swap rate (BBSW), 3.62% as of 31st August, with an initial indicative rate of 7.42%-7.62%pa. (The first quarterly price to be set on date of issue) and are expected to redeem 15th December 2018. The