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Fixed Income

Just what is going on in the bond market?

Over February 2021, bond yields picked up sharply to move starkly higher than the lows we saw in 2020. By the end of February, the yield across the 10-Year Australian...
Raf Choudhury
Raf Choudhury
State Street Global Advisors
Fixed Income

When it comes to credit markets, the fine print matters

While understanding the fine print attached to any investment you buy is important, it matters in some asset classes more than others. When buying ASX listed shares,...
Adam Scully
Adam Scully
Alexander Funds Management
The Rules of Investing

The biggest question facing investors today

All investors are at the mercy of interest rates. As interest rates go down, asset values go up, which has been a huge supporter of returns in recent years. But it...
The Rules of Investing
Livewire Markets
Expert Insights

Avoid volatility and keep your yields high

Throughout COVID-19 there was a dearth of dividend payouts, compounded with a low-interest rate environment that has been devastating to those who rely on regular...
Mia Kwok
Mia Kwok
Livewire Markets
Expert Insights

A portfolio that will help you sleep at night

While you might be able to rest easy with an investment in this fund, be assured that the managers are not. "Our portfolio is not set and forget," said head of credit...
Mia Kwok
Mia Kwok
Livewire Markets
Fixed Income

What soaring inflation expectations mean for portfolios

Economies are emerging from one of the largest economic downturns in modern history, even if it was only short-lived. As the recovery takes hold off a low base,...
Jay Sivapalan
Janus Henderson
Rapid Fire

Where to find growth if inflation stays lower for longer

For investors at least, central banks have arguably become as important as the economies they oversee, as markets fixate on the ebb and flow of government bond-buying...
Glenn Freeman
Livewire Markets
Fixed Income

Income should be predictable even when markets aren’t

The decline in dividends and other traditional sources of investment income has made it hard for investors to find the income they need without taking on too much...
PIMCO .
PIMCO
Fixed Income

Can you make money in fixed income in the age of The Zero?

Bond yields may have increased sharply last week, but fixed income investing hasn’t got any easier. A large pool of the market still yields next to nothing.For...
Schroders Australia
Schroders
Rapid Fire

An investment with half the risk of equities

Shut up and take my money. What? Well, it's likely the first thing I would have said to you if you had told me that I could invest in an asset that could generate...
Ally Selby
Livewire Markets
Fixed Income

5 reasons why private debt should be on your investment radar

The recent spike in US Treasury bond yields is a clear warning that investors globally are again starting to worry about inflation and the potential impact it could...
Andrew Lockhart
Metrics Credit Partners
Fixed Income

Inside the bond market sell-off

Over February the Australian bond market1 was down approximately 3.5%, suffering its biggest negative monthly return since 1983. In combination with its negative...
Jay Sivapalan
Janus Henderson
Fixed Income

Over the inflation hill

Bond markets were on the back foot in February, in a material way, as global positions were liquidated challenging Central Banks in a way we have rarely seen since the...
Charlie Jamieson
Jamieson Coote Bonds
Fixed Income

Ark of the Covenant

Jock! Start the Engine! The longer the rout in global bond markets continues, the more difficult it will become for central banks to control. We continue to...
Charlie Callan
BondAdviser
Fixed Income

Why you should be wary if bond rates rise

Falling bond rates have helped propel the prices of long-duration assets – like shares, housing and gold – as well as speculative "assets" like cryptocurrency. But, if...
Roger Montgomery
Montgomery Investment Management
Fixed Income

Investing according to your risk tolerance: 3 ideas for 2021

In an environment of extremely accommodative monetary policy with policy rates at a record-low 0.1% and term deposit rates not much higher, investors are increasingly...
Robert Mead
PIMCO
Fixed Income

12 charts to help you make sense of the bond market

Bond yields are currently experiencing one of their fastest sell-offs since 2009, resulting in the largest one-month move in 10 years. While many in the market were...
Chris Rands
Chris Rands
Yarra Capital Management
Fixed Income

Credit lessons from the Greensill downfall

The expected imminent bankruptcy of Greensill Capital might come as a surprise given it had recently been touted as having an equity valuation of $7 billion. However,...
Jonathan Rochford
Narrow Road Capital
Expert Insights

How to follow a safer path to profit

Humans love a good story, and, in the vast majority of situations, that’s not a bad thing. But for investors, getting seduced by a good narrative can be a recipe for...
Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
Fixed Income

What’s driving interest rates higher?

Bonds experienced their fastest sell off since 2009, resulting in the largest one month rise in 10-year yields. Given the economic outlook is looking more positive...
Chris Rands
Chris Rands
Yarra Capital Management
Fixed Income

Income investing: Get set for the biggest challenge of 2021

The end of JobKeeper on 28 March will leave Australian business owners with an $85 billion funding hole, as the tablecloth is yanked out from underneath them. But what...
APT
Glenn Freeman
Livewire Markets
Fixed Income
Sponsored

Superior returns without duration risk

The driver of a large amount of fixed-income performance over the last decade has been the secular decline in long-term interest rates. In Australia, the 10-year...
Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
Fixed Income

Is this the RBA's "whatever it takes" moment?

In February, Australia had the worst performing government bond market in the developed world. The Australian 10-year government bond posted a -7% total return, while...
Anthony Doyle
Anthony Doyle
Firetrail Investments
Fixed Income

The story of Average Jane

We’re feeling pretty queasy about 2021. Now to be fair, us fixed income managers are rarely the glass-half-full types. We spend our days focusing on the downside, the...
Pete Robinson
Challenger Investment Management
Fixed Income

The rise and fall of LIBOR

The use of the London Interbank Offer Rate (LIBOR) as a reference rate for financial contracts has been a ‘lynch pin’ of the financial system for over a generation....
Clive Smith
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