bank hybrids

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...

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...

Owners of Crown hybrids (CWNHB) have one heck of a bet on their hands. Given the current price, holders have taken a strong view that they will be redeemed on or soon...

After 21 years, long suffering NABHA holders can finally see the end of their bumpy journey. Whilst NABHA holders have received what was required from their...

Australian income investors used to be lucky. From 1980 to the middle of the last decade, they could achieve returns of more than 3% above the rate of inflation simply...

In the latest episode of our Complexity Premia podcast, Ying Yi Ann Cheng and I discuss a range of issues, including: why the emergence of effective COVID-19...

The traditional mindset regarding fixed income is that the returns are low and it is a boring asset class. Investing in Woolworths' (ASX:WOW) bonds is not a barbeque...

When I asked friends and colleagues around the industry how their portfolio performed during March, the most common reaction was “I’m too scared to look”. And when...

The listed Virgin Australia bonds (VAHHA) look set to go down as one of the worst investments ever to appear on the ASX. After being issued in November 2019, the bonds...

It’s often said of investing that a rising tide lifts all boats. However, this isn’t always true and the uneven bounce back in debt markets in the last two weeks has...