credit risk

The Weekly S&P500 ChartStorm is a selection of 10 charts that I handpick from around the web and post on Twitter. The purpose of this post is to add extra colour and...

As more and more investors consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors when making investment decisions, it follows that these factors have the...

There’s an old joke about a lost tourist in Ireland who asks one of the locals for directions back to Dublin: the local responds, “Well sir, if I were you, I wouldn’t...

Traditionally, bonds issued by state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China were viewed as effectively risk-free given the implicit backing by the central government....

Active duration exposures are often seen by investors as more of a tactical tool within fixed income portfolios, reflecting a directional view regarding interest...

With the backdrop of March and the trailing ‘winter of discontent’, the stark reality is that a number of converging factors will drive investors to rethink defensive...

Small companies are an interesting asset class. Almost every leading company today was once a small company. And getting the call right can be extremely...

Debt issuance from Australian corporates has been running hot in recent months, with some $5.5bn of credit issued into the public and private markets since September...

One of the questions I’m often asked is why should I invest in a corporate bond fund when I can buy individual bonds directly? We do it with shares all the time, why...

Fixed income credit is essentially the activity of lending to groups other than Governments (which are regarded as credit risk free) - at least this can be said of the...

This week it's a look at credit risk pricing in the Eurozone. This is a chart I've been using a lot in recent months, of course as of the last week it's looking a bit...

This week it's Emerging Markets sovereign CDS (Credit Default Swaps). The reason why I think this chart is really worth paying attention to is that after reaching a...