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A Divided Government May Have Positive Impact On Long Term Treasury Yields

Contributing Author

Anna Dryer, a portfolio manager in the Fixed Income Division at T. Rowe Price shares her views on the upcoming US election and its potential...

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Private Debt at a Critical Juncture

Contributing Author

As traditional banks retreat from lending markets, Private Debt is stepping in to fill the gap. From nearing USD 2tn globally today, Private Debt's...

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AMP Hybrid Helps Explain Technical Terms and Returns

Elizabeth Moran

This month AMP issued a new hybrid. AMP planned to raise $200m via an issue of Capital Notes 2 (ASX code: AMPPB) securities, which...

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Uncertainty is Non-Linear

Robert Almeida, Jr.

The VIX1 is signaling uncertainty is on the rise. In our view, while recent earnings reports look fine, on closer inspection, companies report...

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Good Relative Value – Australian Bank Tier 2

Contributing Author

By Jon Lechte, CEO Income Asset Management There’s a lot of noise in markets at the moment. Geopolitical tensions, the inflationary overhang of the Iran...

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Interest Rate Risk and Duration

Staff Writer

Interest rate duration is a key fixed income concept, as it measures the sensitivity of a bond’s price to changes in interest rates (or...

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Picture This: A Tale of Two Tails in Credit Markets

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Ninety One's Multi Asset Credit team explains that although the high-yield debt market compares favourably with bank capital from the perspective of index-level credit...

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OECD’s Ivory Tower Wish List Misses The Mark

David Bassanese

BetaShares' chief economist David Bassanese responds to the suggestion that The Reserve Bank should face its first independent review in 40 years under a...

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Five Reasons To Rethink An Allocation To High Grade Bonds

Paul Chin

High grade sovereign (or government) bonds remain as relevant as ever in an uncertain and complex market environment. Today’s bond yields are indeed low, and...

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Fashionable Subordinated Debt With Circa 7% Yields

Elizabeth Moran

Investment grade, Australian subordinated debt is highly sought after at the moment in the over-the-counter (OTC) bond market. With yields approaching 7% p.a. it’s...