The Covid pandemic has caused governments of all levels around the world to take on huge amounts of extra debt as they face dwindling tax income and the need to provide fiscal stimulus to boost their economies. Fortunately, demand for yield has made issuing bonds relatively easy. Yields continue...
By Max Minack, BetaShares
With the RBA cutting the official cash rate and announcing further quantitative easing (QE) measures, as well as the dwindling dividend yields on the Australian and global sharemarkets, the hunt for yield has never been so intense. Despite this, there is one source of return that...
Frank Uhlenbruch, Investment Strategist in the Janus Henderson Australian Fixed Interest team, provides his Australian economic analysis and market outlook.
Market review
Despite ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks, the commencement of vaccination programs and another round of fiscal easing in the United States helped buoy investor sentiment. Equity markets had another strong month,...
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Fixed Income News Australia interviewed Head of Ares Australia Management Teiki Benveniste to get a behind the scenes look at the new Ares Diversified Credit Fund. We found out Ares Management has a long-standing history with Australian investors.
You have a strong French accent, how did you come to be...
Andrew Lockhart, Managing Partner, updates Fixed Income News Australia on the Metrics Credit business and explains why it’s different from others.
How is the business going?
Business is going very well. Looking back over 2020, it certainly was an interesting year and not without its challenges. We had wanted to raise...
Safety Concerns
We have written and spoken about the shortage of “safe havens” or high-quality assets in the world.
There exists an ever-pressing need for specific segments of the markets (pension funds, insurance companies, target date funds, etc.) to continue to own them and accumulate more.
For more information, we can...
Many commentators question the protective qualities of long dated fixed rate government bonds with very low interest rates. This article shows long dated government bonds still can protect portfolios, given recent yield increases. Hence, while longer dated government bonds might have slipped off your radar, they should now be...
Fixed Income News Australia spoke with managing director and head of distribution for Natixis Investment Managers, Australia & New Zealand, Louise Watson about her journey in the world of finance and the state of the fixed income sector in 2021.
Please tell us a little about your background and how...
At FINA, we track fixed income ETFs and managed funds with our ‘Finders’ to help you narrow your search for products that might suit your portfolio.
We don’t make any recommendations as such but try to help you work out what is important.
When assessing fixed income ETF performance, the first...
