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In the AFR I write that NSW premier Dominic Perrottet and new Treasurer Matt Kean have presided over one of the most extraordinary budget turnarounds in the history of...

The spectre of sustained high inflation and the behaviour of bond markets continue to perplex market observers as the year draws to a close and attention turns to...

Investors don't have to watch their savings go backwards as inflation and low-interest rates erode returns, says Andrew Papageorgiou from Realm Investment House. In...

In the AFR this weekend I write that there has been a bit of chatter about “credit”—otherwise known as the bank and corporate bond market—becoming “the next quant...

Following APRA's release of its October Monthly Authorised Deposit-taking Institution Statistics, we have updated our estimates of the four major banks' debt funding...

Following the banks' latest results, we have updated our estimates of: (1) the quantum of debt they have to issue to replace the $139bn Committed Liquidity Facility...

The expression ‘TINA’ (There Is No Alternative) has reached meme status in recent years as high prices in almost every asset class have left investors frustrated. With...

Taking a very long view on inflation data, we see that equities and bonds both perform better when inflation is falling. But what about today’s world of persistent...

The recent RBA backflip has eroded confidence in the Australian bond market and left fixed-income managers fuming. Just to remind folks, the last week of October gave...

Folks are starting to turn their minds to what life looks like after the end of the RBA's bond purchase program. There's a fairly robust consensus that Martin Place...

Keep it simple, stay optimistic, take a long-term view and don't get carried away with the noise of daily news flow. That's sage advice from Wilsons' David Cassidy....

We believe there are growing risks to the credit spreads of financials, despite what market sentiment might suggest. This is technical in nature rather than...

Things are changing quickly in the $130 trillion global bond market, and with change comes opportunity. For the better part of the past two years, investors have...

The distinct advantages of private debt must look appealing to investors seeking stable income streams in a world wary of inflation and central bank intervention. In...

Following Premier Dominic Perrottet's sensational announcement in late September that NSW would use the $26 billion that had accumulated in his Debt Retirement Fund to...

Under the hotly contested Your Future, Your Super rules recently introduced by the government, super funds' default products are now subject to an annual performance...

In the AFR today, John Kehoe reports on another huge shock for bond markets with the NSW government sensationally announcing late Friday afternoon that it will be...

In the AFR I write that two big dramas playing out this week are the bond market trying to bully Martin Place into tightening monetary policy and allegations that NSW...

Central banks in advanced economies have come to realise elevated inflation will persist for longer. They no longer see inflation as transitory, and recognise it will...

The Weekly S&P500 ChartStorm is a selection of 10 charts which I hand pick from around the web (+some of my own charts), and then post on Twitter.The charts focus on...