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The core of any good portfolio, learn about the key themes and opportunities in fixed interest.

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Is Australia looking down the barrel of increased mortgage stress?

There are probably few people better placed to comment on the prospect of mortgage stress than the founders of Brisbane-based Gryphon Capital. Who? I hear you ask....
James Marlay
Livewire Markets
Fixed Income

Will the repo market break (your portfolio)?

Three years ago, an unassuming corner of the market was experiencing a multi-trillion-dollar crisis, now known as the 2019 Repo Market Crisis. The plumbing of our...
Max Pacella
Rest Super
Expert Insights

Critics of the 60/40 portfolio have their blinkers on

The age-old 60/40 portfolio has copped a growing chorus of criticism lately.  In short, the 60/40 strategy - made up of 60% equities, 40% bonds - is a hedging...
David Thornton
Livewire Markets
Fixed Income

Why this bond fund has been putting capital back to work

With experience comes expertise. Navigating financial markets successfully, over an extended period, requires teams that have seen all market conditions. Teams that...
Chris Conway
Livewire Markets
Expert Insights

Have bond markets priced in too much?

Bonds, more than any other security, are used as bellwethers of economic health. And their professorial prowess has been in high demand lately.  Among other things,...
David Thornton
Livewire Markets
Income
Sponsored

Three tenets of income investing to drive consistent yield

Inflation is high. Interest rates are rising. Markets are volatile. Now, more than ever, is the time for considered income investing, according to PIMCO.  The...
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PIMCO
Fixed Income

The accuracy of fixed income markets forecasting rate hikes

In anticipation of further rate increases from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), fixed income markets are ‘pricing in’ the current tightening cycle. However, to...
Jessica Rusit
FIIG Securities
Expert Insights

The investment manager that pays no mind to rising rates

Rising rates are like the plague for fixed income portfolios. That is, unless you're Ardea.  When rates go up, so do yields. But when yields rise, the value of bonds...
David Thornton
Livewire Markets
Fixed Income

Why rising interest rates are good news for some

Everything we're hearing from central banks around the world continues to emphasise their focus on getting on top of inflation. Here in Australia, the Reserve Bank has...
Robert Mead
PIMCO
Fixed Income

No sign of a pause as mortgage stress intensifies

Australia’s central bank has now raised interest rates five months in a row. It’s the most aggressive tightening cycle since 1994. With more hikes expected, and...
Chris Rands
Chris Rands
Yarra Capital Management
Fixed Income

Australian credit spreads provide great opportunities but maintain quality

The patience of investors in more credit oriented fixed income funds has been sorely tested over the last 12 months. For such investors returns have been challenged...
Clive Smith
Fixed Income

The age of negative real yields

Over the past two years, investors have become (sometimes unwillingly) acquainted with the mechanics of the bond market, with all eyes on the US and the actions of...
Max Pacella
Rest Super
Fixed Income

Why investors should remain defensive over the months ahead

The recent US Federal Reserve (US Fed) meeting has elicited discussion about a possible US Fed 'pivot' in interest rate policy and how that might support asset...
Charlie Jamieson
Jamieson Coote Bonds
Fixed Income

Investing in global credit and fixed income

After the largest bond market sell-off in 30 years, and with risk markets pricing in a higher probability of recession, global fixed interest and credit markets offer...
Richard Quin
Bentham
Fixed Income

Good news for credit investors despite the looming threat of recession

The last month has seen a rally in global bond markets, after a protracted period of repricing, US 10-year yields down around 32 points to 2.76% as of 9 August. This...
Aaditya Thakur
PIMCO
Fixed Income

What happened to my distribution?

The recent major selloff in bond markets has highlighted the potential issues associated with managing distributions. More specifically issues can arise in fixed...
Clive Smith
Fixed Income

The certainty of a maturity date on longer-dated fixed rate bonds

As global markets brace for ongoing uncertainty caused by higher inflation and rising interest rates, bonds offer investors certainty through regular coupon payments...
Jessica Rusit
FIIG Securities
Fixed Income

The elegantly simple way to protect your capital in this asset class

Let's not sugar coat it, fixed income has been through the wars. It's gotten so bad that some pundits have even dismissed the traditional 60/40 portfolio as being...
David Thornton
Livewire Markets
The Rules of Investing

Is a golden era for income investors coming?

Fixed income has had a torrid time of it the last year – in fact, by some measures it’s been the worst year on record – with US treasuries losing about a tenth of...
The Rules of Investing
Livewire Markets
Fixed Income

The global factor driving Aussie swap spreads

Our fundamental model of Australian swap spreads that we released in December 2021 started the new year well, predicting the early tightening of 10-year swap spreads...
Matthew Johnson
Matthew Johnson
Coolabah Capital
Fixed Income

What rising rates mean for bond yields and mortgages in Australia

Inflationary pressures have been stubbornly persistent in most economies this year given COVID-19 supply chain disruptions, labour shortages and energy price...
Adam Bowe
PIMCO
Fixed Income

How investors should prepare for rising recession risks

A global recession is increasingly a concern for all investors. To combat rampant inflation, central banks are having to engineer the impossible - raise interest rates...
Adam Bowe
PIMCO
Fixed Income

Leading indicators warn of global recession

Central banks state they are not seeing signs of a recession as they continue hiking rates to curb spiralling inflation. But with forward indicators flashing red...
Chris Rands
Chris Rands
Yarra Capital Management
Fixed Income

How the market is navigating the five stages of grief

As the second quarter ends, investors are licking their wounds from negative asset returns as policy withdrawal corrodes asset values around the world. Investor...
Charlie Jamieson
Jamieson Coote Bonds
Fixed Income

Victoria raises $7.9bn from VicRoads sale for COVID debt repayments

There are media reports abound that Victoria has raised $7.9 billion from the partial sale of VicRoads. Treasurer Tim Pallas, confirms the funds will go to the...
Jason Lindeman
Coolabah Capital
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