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Victorian budget surprises with debt issuance downgrade on underlying strength

While media reporting on Victoria's budget has been confusing, it has surprised the market, investors and analysts with material downward revisions to the size of...
Kieran Davies
Coolabah Capital
Fixed Income

Forget active versus passive: We should all be proactive fixed-income investors

For as long as most can remember, there has been ongoing debate over whether investors should be utilising active or passive approaches to investing in fixed income...
Clive Smith
Expert Insights

Embrace credit asset "idiosyncracies" as volatility sets in, says KKR

The war in Ukraine has rocked global energy markets and also affected the so-called “soft commodities” of the agriculture sector – in addition to the conflict’s...
Glenn Freeman
Livewire Markets
Expert Insights

The deep divide in credit markets, and how to take advantage

Currently, a big chunk of the credit market shows negative real yields and excessively high levels of interest rate duration risk. However, Ares Australia Management...
Glenn Freeman
Livewire Markets
Fixed Income

Higher returns by moving lower in the capital structure

Moving lower down the capital structure of higher rated corporate issuers can be a smart way to add higher returns to well diversified portfolios. In this article we...
Jonathan Sheridan
Jonathan Sheridan
FIIG Securities
Fixed Income

Chart of the Week - Bond Yields and Inflation

Treasury Yields and the Long-Term Rate of Inflation: A lot of people have gotten excited about the surge in annual inflation rates, but in my view it’s arguably...
Callum Thomas
Topdown Charts
Fixed Income

Bond markets and house prices: Something’s gotta give

Bond markets in Australia have had a tough time of late. Bond yields have climbed briskly, fearing a patient Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) might just need to play...
Jay Sivapalan
Janus Henderson
Fixed Income

How to avoid credit investing mistakes as rates rise, crises escalate

“Get back to basics” and “Don’t make mistakes” – easily said, often difficult in practise. But they're key for credit investors seeking to navigate the current...
Glenn Freeman
Livewire Markets
Fixed Income

Cash is king when inflation shifts higher

March was a tough month for investors with equities, bonds, credit and even some haven currencies selling off dramatically. Global equities fell over 6%, US 10-year...
Mihkel Kase
Schroders
Expert Insights

Striking the right balance in bonds, as interest rate risk returns

There are degrees of risk in equity markets – a long-established large-cap banking stock is (generally) less volatile than a micro-cap mining play – and there are...
Glenn Freeman
Livewire Markets
Expert Insights

Where KKR's credit team sees durable cash flow and downside protection

Whether the US Federal Reserve moves interest rates half-a-dozen times in 2022 – or perhaps even more – one thing is certain: rates are heading higher. Just what...
Glenn Freeman
Livewire Markets
Fixed Income

Investors should brace for a growth shock

Such is the conundrum facing central banks as they seek to rein in inflation without choking off economic growth. Having retired the word ‘transitory,’ the US...
James Cielinski
Janus Henderson
Fixed Income

This is how much the RBA will hike rates in 2022 - and this is what we will do

Russia's war in Ukraine has sent commodity markets markedly higher, further fueling inflation concerns in the near term. In a bid to cool inflationary pressures, the...
Charlie Jamieson
Jamieson Coote Bonds
Fixed Income

What rate hikes mean for mortgages and household spending

Bond yields are backing up big time – the US 10yr Treasury yield is up by more than a percent now sitting above two and a half percent. The Australian 10yr...
Adam Bowe
PIMCO
Expert Insights

How Neuberger Berman is positioned as volatility rocks global debt markets

Staying nimble and remaining responsive to opportunities as they present themselves is one of the key aspects of how Neuberger Berman’s Adam Grotzinger is currently...
Glenn Freeman
Livewire Markets
Fixed Income

State budget deficits forecast to be up to $30bn smaller over FY22 and FY23, slashing debt issuance needs

A new report projects that the deficits across the key States will be up to $11 billion smaller in FY22 and up to $18 billion smaller in FY23. Coolabah Capital's...
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Expert Insights

Neuberger Berman: Recession isn't imminent despite the catastrophe in Ukraine

Fears of a global recession have waxed and waned since the pandemic hit more than two years ago. As government policies and bond-buying propped up economies around the...
Glenn Freeman
Livewire Markets
Fixed Income

Receding tide reveals the best opportunities for active investors

Following a sustained period of higher inflation, complicated more recently by the spike in commodity prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, central banks are...
Phil Strano
Yarra Capital Management
Fixed Income

Bond markets and opportunistic investments

Now that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) has lifted off zero interest rates, and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to follow suit in 2022, I felt it would...
Jay Sivapalan
Janus Henderson
Fixed Income

How high and how fast can rates go?

Rates will go up, but the speed and extent of the hikes remains an open question. In this podcast, Chris Rands from Yarra Capital Management discusses whether the...
Chris Rands
Chris Rands
Yarra Capital Management
Fixed Income

Using ESG factors to create a diversified investment style

Given the wide range of fixed income managers and products, differentiating credit capabilities can become increasingly complicated once environmental, social and...
Clive Smith
Fixed Income

Is there value in fixed income?

At the latest Crestone Investment Forum, held on 22 February 2022, we asked panelists to share their views on the likely path of markets and the global economy in...
LGT Crestone
LGT Crestone
Fixed Income

Thought fixed income was all the same? Think again

In a world where official rates are moving, or about to move up, there is a view that all fixed-income assets will provide declining returns. But Andrew Lockhart from...
David Thornton
Livewire Markets
Rapid Fire

Bonds aren't about to disappear. Here's why

By almost anyone’s measure, 330 years is an impressive lifespan. And with the first-ever government bond issued by the Bank of England in 1693, it’s unlikely the fixed...
Glenn Freeman
Livewire Markets
Fixed Income

Lowering investor risk with ESG-aware lending

Having strong ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) practices as a company is a no-brainer. It wins you customers, employees, and investment. It also wins you...
David Thornton
Livewire Markets
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