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What credit spreads are telling us

A few quick thoughts on recent credit spread movements in the Tier 2 subordinated bond and the Additional Tier 1 capital hybrid markets. First, the screenshot below...
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Fixed Income

Five things to know about the corporate debt market

Investors are concerned about the deterioration of corporate debt quality, marked by lower credit ratings and a large share of covenant-lite issuance in the loan...
Kerry Craig
J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Fixed Income

What is the capital stack and why does it matter for your investments?

When considering investments, returns are one factor but another is risk. What is the prospect of losing money if things don’t go to plan? This is one reason why...
Tim Johansen
Qualitas
Fixed Income

Magellan: mitigate LIC mis-selling risks

Today I write about an interview this week with one of Australia's most successful and innovative funds management pioneers, Magellan's Hamish Douglass, who says he...
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Fixed Income

Beware advice recommending conflicted yield alternatives

A column in The Australian over the weekend argued that mums and dads should think about selling their fully franked bank Tier 1 hybrids to buy unfranked Tier 2...
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Fixed Income

Duration is now an expensive insurance policy

Last fortnight bond yields globally dropped to the low end of recent ranges and reached new record low levels in Australia, driven by a growing consensus view of...
Gopi Karunakaran
Ardea Investment Management
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An opportunity for a defensive income flow

Using shares to generate income is not getting any easier. Thankfully there are other options. In this short video interview, Michael Korber, Head of Credit and Fixed...
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Slow growth and low interest rates have become the consensus view

After fears of rising interest rates and bond market volatility rocked global financial markets last year, the consensus is now swinging back to the low economic...
Gopi Karunakaran
Ardea Investment Management
Fixed Income
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Introducing Metrics' Income Opportunities Trust

We are pleased to announce the launch of the MCP Income Opportunities Trust (MOT), to be listed on the ASX. MOT gives you access to private credit investments, bespoke...
Metrics Credit Partners
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A unique way to achieve diversification and generate income

Until recently it has been hard for advisers and direct investors to gain exposure to investments in Australian corporate loans. The asset class offers diversification...
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What keeps Charlie Jamieson up at night?

Do you remember last year when US 10-year government bonds cracked 3%? I do. Everyone started talking about flattening yield curves, a potential recession in the US...
James Marlay
Livewire Markets
Fixed Income

2018: A taste of what's to come

Livewire recently got in touch with us to tell the story of 2018 in one chart, and how it is instructive going into 2019. Our choice, the 3 Month US Treasury Bill...
Gopi Karunakaran
Ardea Investment Management
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The fire burns out in 2019

The fed is now unwinding the biggest monetary experiment in history, which saw $3.6 trillion of asset purchases from the Fed between 2008 and 2015. This is unknown...
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Death spiral for the housing market

East Coast residential property continues to soften as credit tightens, but in this interview with Charlie Jamieson, CIO at Jamieson Coote Bonds, he warns that...
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The core of any good portfolio

Fixed interest is a core part of any good portfolio, but just how well is the asset class understood? In this exclusive Q&A with Livewire, Jay Sivapalan, Co-Head of...
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Yield and income – same, same, but different

In recent years, expected returns and income from traditional income asset classes have been low following years of global yield compression. As a result, investors...
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Rudi Minbatiwala
First Sentier Investors
Fixed Income

Rethinking Fixed Income in Retirement

We have been in a period where financial market volatility has been abnormally low and as such, the focus in fixed income has become overly skewed to how much interest...
Gopi Karunakaran
Ardea Investment Management
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Just how defensive is your portfolio really?

The ‘reach for yield’ has caused formerly defensive portfolios to gradually venture into higher risk assets that could leave them exposed to downturns. As a...
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Just a taste of the volatility to come

Sudden outbreaks in volatility through this year have spooked the equity markets, and investors are questioning if more is to come. We spoke with rate market expert,...
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Why rates will struggle to rise

Chris Rands, Portfolio Manager at Nikko Asset Management, believes that rates are unlikely to rise significantly from current levels. With debt at very high levels...
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Two risks rising in the background

In Australia today, growth is forecast to be around 2.5%, commodity prices are stable, jobs are strong, and inflation is low and stable. But in the background, risks...
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There’s More to Fixed Income Than Just Buying Bonds

In fixed income investing, there are two conventional sources of return that investors are familiar with – collecting interest payments from bonds (i.e. income) and...
Gopi Karunakaran
Ardea Investment Management
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A big night out for credit markets

When a triple-B-rated utility company issues a 3-year bond at a negative yield, perhaps it’s time for the credit cycle to call last orders at the bar? Gopi...
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There's value emerging in bonds

Stuart Dear, Deputy Head of Fixed Income at Schroders Australia, believes that value in bonds has improved in both absolute and relative terms. The yields on offer in...
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The Rules of Investing: The virus that affects all assets

When a young Charlie Jamieson arrived at work in London on September 11th, 2001, little did he know how much that day would affect his views on markets. At the time,...
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