Funds Focus

I recently had a client approach me asking my thoughts on a Private bank offering them 8% for a 3 year term deposit held in USD.

My initial thoughts were it’s a scam,8%pa seems ridiculously high for deposits in AUD, but 8%pa in USD is ludicrous. Australian Term Deposits are around 4% for 3 years (with an RBA rate of 2.5% and the tailwind of cash hungry banks), by contrast, the US Fed Reserve rate is 0.25% and I would be surprised to see anything North of 2% but more likely around the 1%-1.5

CBA has just announced the launch of a new income offer: CommBank Perls 7 Capital Notes. The first round of access is through a broker firm allocation, prior to shareholder offer and listing in October. Note: There is no Customer or General Offer

The Notes will pay a quarterly coupon of 2.8%-3.0% (rate determined by the bookbuild) over the 90 day bank bill swap rate (BBSW), which was 2.64% as of 15th August, with an initial indicative rate of 5.46%-5.66%pa. (The first pricing is due to be set

National Australia Bank has just announced the launch of a new income offer: NAB Convertible Preference Shares (CPS) II.The first round of access is through a broker firm allocation, prior to shareholder offer and listing in December. The Notes will pay a quarterly coupon of 3.25%-3.4%pa (rate determined by the bookbuild) over the 90 day bank bill swap rate (BBSW), which was 2.59% as of 13th November, with an initial indicative rate of 5.84%-5.99%pa. (The first pricing is due to be set on date