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Professional fixed income portfolio management

The Managed Income Portfolio Service provides investors access to a menu of products that combine the benefits of total return, capital stability and regular income with direct ownership and professional management.

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The benefits of investing with MIPS

1.

Investment
Expertise

The MIPS Portfolio Management team are experts focused entirely on creating value for investors.

2.

Regular
Income 

Investors benefit from a regular income (coupon) stream that can either be distributed to a nominated bank account or automatically reinvested.  

3.

Portfolio
Diversification 

MIPS maximises diversity through FIIG’s unique DirectBond service enabling us  to offer bonds in $10,000 parcels. A $500,000 investment could hold 50 different bonds.

4.

Direct
Ownership

The bonds are held in your own name, they are not units in a trust.

How MIPS Works

Once you have chosen an Investment Program, the MIPS Portfolio Management Team (PMT) will invest in fixed income assets according to the program’s mandate and replicate its model portfolio. The MIPS PMT will rebalance your  holdings in response to changes in markets and investment opportunities.

As a MIPS client, you receive:

  • Regular income payments (coupons) either reinvested or paid into your nominated account.
  • The opportunity to subscribe to multiple Investment Programs.
  • The option to transfer approved assets ‘in-specie’ into your MIPS account.
  • Full transparency, with 24/7 online access to your portfolio’s performance, valuations, transactions and income.
  • Monthly and annual statements of portfolio accounts, and a quarterly economic and fixed income market commentary from the MIPS PMT.
  • Invitation to regular presentations by the MIPS PMT in each state office.
  • Custodial services.
  • Compliance monitoring, supervisory oversight and independent audit by KPMG. 

MIPS offers wholesale investors the opportunity to earn meaningful improvements in returns and liquidity over Cash and Term Deposits through the direct ownership of a significantly diverse range of quality assets that include Australian Bank and Corporate Bonds

kieran-quaineKieran Quaine, Head of MIPS Portfolio Management

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Why invest with MIPS?

Investing with MIPS provides the following benefits:

  • Professional fixed income portfolio management by industry experts.
  • Choice of three Investment Programs  or a customised Investment Mandate for investments over $5million.
  • Maximum diversification through the use of FIIG’s DirectBonds service, independent of your investment volume and the Investment Program chosen.
  • Direct beneficial ownership of the portfolio of fixed income securities via your own custody account
  • Cut down on administration as FIIG administers any notices and corporate actions related to your investments.
  • Simple and clear fee structure.

Investors can choose from four MIPS Investment Programs, with a minimum investment of $500k, each designed to appeal to a range of investors’ product preferences, target returns and credit risk tolerances. Alternatively, Investors with a minimum of $5million can customize their Investment Mandate.

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Frequently asked questions

MIPS is the professional fixed income management business unit within FIIG Securities that is available to clients who qualify as ‘wholesale’ and have a minimum of $500k of capital to invest.

  • MIPS clients each own a stand-alone individually managed portfolio (IMP) managed by the MIPS Portfolio Management Team (PMT) in accordance with the MIPS Program selected by the client.
  • All investment decisions for the IMP are made by the PMT in accordance with the selected program’s remit.
  • The service currently offers three unique investment programs, designed to appeal to a broad range of investor appetites, and a fourth opportunity of customisation of investment mandates for investment in excess of $5m.
  • All programs only invest in Australian Dollar denominated bonds and contain no derivative exposure.
  • MIPS has been in operation since October 2015 and has delivered a performance record of merit.

The Managed Income Portfolio Service (MIPS) as an investment manager, is independent of FIIG Securities but MIPS clients benefit from the product design advantages and infrastructure that FIIG Securities provides.

The service combines a number of unique attributes built by FIIG Securities to ultimately deliver clients professional management of a stand-alone (IMP) account that contains a highly diversified portfolio of assets that are directly owned, the income from which can be either distributed or re-invested, as instructed by the investor.

FIIG’s unique attributes include:  

  • Secondary market access to volumes less than $500k face value ownership (as low as 10k) via FIIG’s ‘Direct Bond’ Service.
  • Primary market access to high yield assets via FIIG’s Debt Capital Markets (DCM) Origination Service and guaranteed allocation without obligation to commit.
  • Access to both external and in-house (FIIG Securities) research.
  • Liquidity for investment grade assets via the interbank market.
  • Liquidity for non-investment grade product via FIIG Securities distribution platform.

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MIPS Investment Programs

The Managed Income Portfolio Service provides investors access to a menu of products that combine the benefits of total return, capital stability and regular income with direct ownership and professional management. The minimum investment amount for MIPS is $500,000 for each investment program, or $5m for a Customised Investment Program.

Conservative Income

2.75%-3.25% p.a.

The investment objective of Conservative Income is to deliver a return of 2.75%-3.25% p.a. over the medium to long term, gross of fees.

Regular income through exposure to investment grade rated debt only. Conservative Income invests in investment grade rated senior and subordinate bonds only. Longer dated bonds form a key part of portfolios generating yield from credit and interest rates. The mix of holdings of fixed and floating rate bonds will shift through the interest rate cycle.

Core Income

3.75%-4.25% p.a.

The investment objective of Core Income is to deliver a return of 3.75% - 4.25% p.a. over the medium to long term, gross of fees.

Regular income through exposure to senior debt only. Portfolios are predominantly exposed to investment grade rated senior bonds with a small allocation to unrated bonds. Exposure is to medium to longer tenor maturity profiles, facilitating higher yield generation. The mix of holdings of fixed and floating rate bonds will shift through the interest rate cycle.

Income Plus

4.50%-5.00% p.a.

The investment objective of Income Plus is to deliver a return of 4.50%-5.00% p.a. over the medium to long term, gross of fees.

Regular income through exposure to both senior and subordinate debt. Income Plus has a broader mandate to invest across the capital structure, senior through to subordinated bonds, and across the credit spectrum to include investment and non-investment grade rated bonds. The allocation to select non-investment grade credits is based upon corporate credit strength. The portfolio credit exposure mix of rated and unrated senior and subordinate bonds will shift through the credit cycle.

Customised Investment Programs

For investments of $5m +

MIPS offers the ability to create a bespoke fixed income portfolio based on your key investment objectives including liquidity, credit, duration, diversification and Ethical, Social & Governance (ESG) position.

Meet the MIPS team

Kieran Quaine - ‎Head of Managed Income Portfolio Services (MIPS)

Kieran Quaine
Head of Portfolio Management

Kieran has in excess of 30 years experience in senior roles in the fixed income market, primarily as a fund manager in charge of investing multiple billions of dollars across a wide range of investment mandates. His experience includes roles as a proprietary interest rate trader, debt originator, syndicator and institutional debt sales, with his expertise in the unrated market likely unsurpassed. He has been with FIIG Securities for 9 years and is the Head of the Managed Income Portfolio Service.

Megan Romeo - Assistant Portfolio Manager, MIPS

Megan Romero
Portfolio Manager, MIPS

Megan Romeo has over 8 years’ experience in financial market data segment with a focus on the Asia Pacific Fixed Income markets. Prior to joining FIIG, Megan was the Valuations Product Manager at S&P Capital IQ which required local Fixed Income market knowledge and a technical understanding of the asset class in order to tailor a Fixed Income market data solution to participants across Asia Pacific. She has been with FIIG Securities for 3.5 years all of which within the Managed Income Portfolio Service.

Marcus Blake - Director - Distribution, MIPS - FIIG Securities

Marcus Blake
Head of Investment Management

T: 02 9697 8756
M: 0427 063 362

Marcus has 30 years of experience in senior roles in the Australian and international financial markets dealing with diverse client segments including financial institutions, private wealth and corporates across multiple asset classes in their liquid, structured and derivative forms. Prior to joining FIIG he spent several years in Singapore with Commerzbank AG most recently as Head of Corporate Sales, Asia. Previously, Marcus was Head of Rates and Credit Sales for BNP Paribas Australia and a Director Fixed Income at both Merrill Lynch and Macquarie Bank based in Sydney. 

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Mike Healey - Associate Director, Short Term Money & Managed Portfolios - FIIG Securities

Mike Healey
Director, Distribution - Investment Management

T: 02 9697 8716
M: 0408 232 125

Mike joins the team with over 30 years experience. He also has an extensive background in markets covering a variety of client segments. He has worked in Asia and Australia in senior client dealing positions, with domestic and international financial services organisations. Mike has substantial experience covering a broad range of asset classes, as diverse as Foreign Exchange, Structured Products, Fixed Income.

Mike’s primary focus is on building our market penetration, managing relationships and educating clients about FIIG’s service and value in the MIPS product.

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