bonds

Welcome to this month's trade floor update. The RBA has raised rates for the second month in a row, and we haven’t seen the end of it. It’s a good time to be a bond...

Last night NSW released its budget data for the month of April, which reaffirmed that the state's general government cash deficit for 2021-22 (FY22) will end up...

Between the introduction of modern portfolio construction methods and until very recently, bonds played a key role in most investors’ multi-asset portfolios. In the...

Some "inside-baseball" monetary policy machinations were revealed by the RBA yesterday, which banks and other expert RBA watchers summarise as the central bank...

WA has downgraded its debt issuance in 2022-23 (ie, FY23) by a large $1.3bn (or 20%) from its September 2021 budget estimate of $6.4bn and by $0.6bn from its...

The Australian ASX listed hybrid market generally trades at a premium versus similar securities in the institutional market, meaning listed assets generally produce a...

In the AFR I write today about The Big Short (brief except only enclosed). Specifically, since late last year, we’ve had several contrarian views. First, US markets...

For those who haven't heard of him, Rick Rieder is BlackRock's chief investment officer of global fixed income, head of the global asset allocation team, and chairman...

The RBA lifted the cash rate yesterday by 25 basis points, to 0.35%. And just like that, its war on inflation - to be waged against aggregate demand - is underway. ...

While media reporting on Victoria's budget has been confusing, it has surprised the market, investors and analysts with material downward revisions to the size of...