Fixed Income Solutions

Fixed Income Solutions (FIS) AFSL. 399636 is a specialist financial services company providing direct access to fixed income markets for wholesale investors. With offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, FIS has a broad base of clients that are located across the country and are from multiple sectors that include:

• Private clients, HNW, UNHW and self–managed trusts (SMSFs, Family Trusts, etc).
• Intermediary advisors and family offices
• Institutional and middle–market investors
• Not–for–profit and religious organisations
• Authorised deposit–taking institutions (ADIs)

FIS has an extensive network of contacts in the Australian institutional fixed income, private equity and alternative asset management space and can reach most major players in Australia. As a result, FIS has access to the majority of AUD fixed income managers as well as having established lines to 15 to 20 Institutional “street” counterparties .

The typical product range FIS provide investors include:

• Term Deposits & NCD’s
• AUD Investment Grade Corporate & Government/Semi-Government Bonds
• Foreign currency bonds (typically USD, GBP & Euro)
• Tier 1 securities
• Unrated and small cap issuance.

Currently, FIS have oversight via our custodian service to around A$1bn of bond holdings, this excludes Institutional and smaller funds that typically maintain their own custody and who we have trading lines with.

Individually Managed Accounts:

One of the key services FIS offer is the Individually Managed Accounts service (IMA’s). The aim of the service is to work with investors to develop a bespoke strategy that fits within a desired mandate while employing a robust active management approach to provide superior returns net–of–fees.

Currently, FIS manage roughly A$110m via this option spread across 100+ accounts. Given the investment mandates are specialized the returns that can be generated for investors range greatly. However, looking over the mandate’s previous performance we would expect to generate the following returns net-of-fees.   

The benefits that attract investors to the service are:

• Full portfolio management facilitated by Fixed Income Solutions portfolio manager
• Investment policy and portfolio governance captured in an Investment Management Agreement (IMA)
• Direct ownership of assets (segregated account, non-unitised)
• Our ongoing incentive is to maintain custom by delivering superior investment outcomes. The transparent management fee aligns interests and fosters a spirit of partnership, with Fixed Income Solutions executing trades at best institutional pricing

For those unfamiliar with bonds, we have a short education booklet that you can download here: The Basics – Fixed Income Investing – Free Booklet

Please feel free to contact Declan Cassidy on the details below to learn more about Fixed Income Solutions

Declan Cassidy

T:  +61 3 9058 8917

E:  declan.cassidy@fixedincomesolutions.com

Disclaimer: FIS holds an Australian Financial Services Licence (No. 399636) issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, and we are licensed to only deal with Wholesale Clients or Professional Investors as described in Section 761(G) of the Corporations Act 2001