Funds Focus

With the recent flood of new fixed income issues, this session aims to provide investors with some of the basic knowledge of fixed income products as well as an understanding of how to compare some of the recent hybrid & fixed income offers and how we at Wealth Focus allocate these within our portfolios.

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Sulieman Ravell

Wealth Focus Pty Ltd

Tatts Group has just announced the launch of a new income offer: Tatts Bonds.The first round of access is through a broker firm allocation, prior to shareholder and general offers and listing at the end of this month.

The Bonds will pay a quarterly coupon of 2.90%-3.10% over the 90 day bank bill swap rate (BBSW), 3.53% as of 29th May, with an initial indicative rate of 6.43%-6.63%pa. (The first quarter’s pricing is due to be set on date of issue) and are due to mature on the 5th July 2019

This last week has seen the launch of four new income offers: ANZ Subordinated Notes, Colonial Group Subordinated Notes, Tabcorp Subordinated Notes and Westpac Convertible Preference Shares (CPS). We have produced this overview in an attempt to provide some clarity for investors in making a comparison of the offers available.

 The current focus on income
The recent flood of fixed income issues is a result of the ongoing market volatility and the increased cost of overseas funding. Falling