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

Fixed Income

The search for the elusive "R-star": What it means for monetary policy

The fundamental failing of using "r-star" as one of the cornerstones of monetary policy is that it cannot be directly observed. This makes the more recent behaviour...
Clive Smith
Russell Investments
Fixed Income

What the Fed's recent announcement means for investors

A more hawkish Fed may not lift Treasury or investment-grade credit yields, and that raises important questions for fixed income investors and asset allocators.While...
Ashok Bhatia
Neuberger Berman
Fixed Income

How to diversify your income through cash and property

Bonds and property together with equities make up the three pillars of any respectable portfolio. Unlike equities, however, getting an attractive exposure to bonds and...
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Livewire Markets
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"Stand on your own merit" proves to be a winning investment strategy

Every investment you make has some risk associated, but there's one asset class with returns that are high relative to the risk while delivering a stable source of...
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The thematic behind the next building boom

Across Australia, the built form is facing a resurgence. From developing vacant land to constructing big, shiny office towers, there is a huge market for credit to...
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Fixed Income

Save the barbells for the gym

For Australian investors, the barbell strategy aims to balance high risk assets (usually equities) with very low risk assets (typically cash or term deposits). At the...
Robert Mead
PIMCO
Fixed Income

The patient investor: Jay Sivapalan

Two years ago, when Livewire Markets asked Jay Sivapalan from Janus Henderson for his predictions for 2020 and beyond, his response was shocking but now appears...
Mia Kwok
Mia Kwok
Livewire Markets
Fixed Income

Private Credit – A real solution to low interest rates

With concerns looming about the possibility of an inflation fuelled market sell-off and the eventual tightening of monetary policy at the forefront of investors’...
Daniel Tamone
Daniel Tamone
The SILC Group
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Investing in upside potential

Sustainability means something different for everyone. For investors, you've probably heard the term being thrown around a lot recently as companies begin to...
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What's next for income and property

If 2020 was a wild year for equities, 2021 has been just as exciting for fixed income investors. In February, a sharp rise in bond yields and inflation expectations...
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Fixed Income

We're not out of the COVID (or inflation) woods yet, says Jamieson

Sustained inflation will remain elusive and the recent uptick is transitory rather than part of a longer-term shift, says Jamieson Coote Bonds' Charlie Jamieson....
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Fixed Income

Accounting for the inevitable rise in interest rates

Recently, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand caused markets to react after announcing that interest rates could be on the rise sooner than expected. The New Zealand...
Robert Mead
PIMCO
Fixed Income

Stock-like performance with fixed income stability

Convertible bond issuances have hit record levels in 2021 so far, with more than $45 billion of the assets issued in the US alone by the end of May, says Lazard Asset...
Glenn Freeman
Livewire Markets
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A non-consensus view investors should be thinking about

Big business is back and that's a great thing for credit. Partially driven by stimulus, and partly by broader economic confidence, people are willing to spend again...
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Fixed Income

“Don’t panic” - yield opportunities are still out there, says Realm

Fixed-income investors have plenty of reasons for optimism despite credit assets’ historically high prices and stimulatory tailwinds that are almost blown out, says...
Glenn Freeman
Livewire Markets
Fixed Income

Valuing ANZ's new hybrid (ANZPI)...

ANZ has finally launched their new hybrid, called Capital Notes 6, which will be traded on the ASX under the ticker ANZPI. This is ANZ’s first hybrid issue in nearly 4...
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Fixed Income

High-yield quality at an all-time high

As fixed-income investors deal with the sticker shock of globally low interest rates, it makes sense to consider changes in the quality mix when choosing where to...
Neuberger Berman
Neuberger Berman
Fixed Income

ESG factors: Key parts of credit risk management

As more and more investors consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors when making investment decisions, it follows that these factors have the...
Clive Smith
Russell Investments
Fixed Income

Why high-yield ETFs are problematic

Over the past 20 years, the trend of investors seeking out lower cost investments that seek to match (rather than beat) the benchmark has exploded. As of March 2020,...
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abrdn
Expert Insights

It's time to reconfigure your portfolio allocation

Whispers of inflation are consuming global markets. Is it coming? When can we expect it? How should we account for it? The reality is, inflationary pressures are...
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Fixed Income

Westpac prints first monster, $3.57 billion senior bond deal since before pandemic

Overnight, Westpac printed the first monster senior bond deal from a major bank since before the pandemic. We had repeatedly predicted that a major bank would come to...
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Fixed Income

Australia’s credit zombies are nowhere to be found

Last month we presented our views on the reflation trade and potential impacts on credit returns, concluding that the strong recovery in Australian economic growth...
Phil Strano
Yarra Capital Management
Fixed Income

Capturing opportunities in today's credit markets

Structural shifts in capital markets since the “Global Financial Crisis” or “Great Recession” have caused market dislocations to become shorter and more frequent. As a...
Teiki Benveniste
Ares Wealth Management Solutions
Fixed Income

The forgotten asset class presenting exciting opportunities

Poor old income investors were some of the hardest hit by the pandemic. It's still uncertain when interest rates will begin to rise, despite market whispers. It's on...
Bella Kidman
Bella Kidman
Livewire Markets
Fixed Income

COVID credit review - 12 months on

While the health impact of COVID-19 across the globe continues to devastate, one could be forgiven for looking at the response of financial markets in the last 12...
Adam Scully
Adam Scully
Alexander Funds Management
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