bonds

As the AFR's Cecile Lefort reports, there was quite extraordinary demand for a new bond issue (actually, dual-tranche 2026 and 2028 issues) from the NSW government on...

In a time when markets continue to reach new highs, while bond markets continue to cascade lower, MLC Asset Management's Anthony Golowenko is adamant that "something's...

The heightened US-China relationship tensions since the Trump administration have forced China to re-finesse its domestic economy priorities. This backdrop makes the...

The COVID-shock of 2020 put a spotlight on a design flaw in Australian banking regulations. At a time when governments are borrowing lots of money, and the RBA is...

A singular COVID-19 case emerged in New Zealand the day before the RBNZ monetary policy meeting in August. Without any hesitation Auckland went straight into a 7-day...

NAB has launched the first benchmark 5-year major bank senior bond issue since January 2020 (ie, prior to the advent of the COVID-19 crisis). This was consistent with...

Since the hawkish Fed meeting in June, investors have talked of a ‘policy mistake’ that could undermine the central bank’s Flexible Average Inflation Targeting...

Strong underlying fundamentals and a favourable outlook for 2022 and beyond are apparent across non-investment grade (IG) credit. Within such markets, issuer default...

If the world thought 2020 was "unprecedented", then what, my friends, could we describe as the seven months we have seen so far of 2021?  In just over half a year,...

Credit Suisse is bullish on equities over the medium term, despite the "froth" that is clearly disseminating across the market and investor's all-enveloping fear of...