high yield bonds

Improved credit quality and attractive yields support the asset class.

Notwithstanding the economy's resilience to rate hikes care of excess consumer savings buffers, bankruptcies are rising quickly...

Central bank says "non-bank loan quality may come under pressure" while highlighting a spike in global defaults

On December 15 last year, the US Federal Reserve expected its near-zero cash rate (known as the Federal funds rate) to rise only modestly to 0.9 per cent by the end...

Since 2019, we have been warning about the rise of "zombie companies" kept alive by perpetually cheap money care of the near-zero interest rate and QE-to-infinity...

A year ago, investors were questioning the prudence of the 60-40 blend and no one was predicting that, entering the 2022/23 financial year, they would be increasing...

No-man’s land sounds like an unusual place to find opportunities, but that’s how KKR’s Jeremiah Lane describes one of his team’s most fertile hunting grounds. What...

The financial market topic of the day seems to be China Evergrande Group (aka Evergrande), and the news on 15 September 2021 that China’s Ministry of Housing and...

Over the past 20 years, the trend of investors seeking out lower cost investments that seek to match (rather than beat) the benchmark has exploded. As of March 2020,...

Two big questions asked this week had a common thread. The questions were; are stocks overvalued and why doesn’t the RBA undertake more quantitative easing? The common...

There’s a common question being asked of economists, money managers and financial commentators these days; are we mid-cycle or late-cycle? The honest answer is that we...

Virgin Australia is spending $700 million to buy back the 35% share of the Velocity frequent flyer program that it sold in 2014 for $336 million. It is funding the...

After reading about where I’m seeing future problems for debt investments, it would be possible to think I’m pessimistic about the investment outlook for my clients....

Income helps provide a stable source of returns. Capital Group developed the Global High Income Opportunities strategy (GHIO) 20 years ago. Within this strategy, we...

High yield bonds can offer a similar return profile to equities, but with 40% less risk. In this short video, Vivek Bommi, Senior Portfolio Manager at Neuberger Berman...

The US high yield market has grown larger and riskier since the financial crisis. Issuers of debt have the whip hand as buyers compete to gain an allocation in the...

For exclusive insights on how to access the high yield bond market, come and hear directly from 20 industry leaders at FIIG’s High Yield Conference on Thursday 17th...

Over the past 12-months, the 3-year Australian Government Bond has risen just 21 basis points from ~1.8% a year ago, to 2.01% now. For an average retiree with an...