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Market sentiment has taken a decidedly negative turn as growth concerns stemming from the Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening percolate, according to Seema Shah, Chief Strategist at Principal Global Investors. Commenting on the recent market sell-off, Shah said the S&P 500 has recorded six consecutive weekly declines for the first time...

US monthly inflation reached 7% last week, the fastest rise since the early 1980s, and the FED came out and said it may have to raise interest rates faster than expected. The first US interest rate rise is expected in March and recent consensus is for three rate rises...

Deposit rates are incredibly low and in some cases zero, giving cashed-up investors who want to preserve capital very few choices. One is to buy Australian Commonwealth Government Bonds (ACGBs), which they can do through the ASX. At the moment there are around 35 bonds available with yields to maturity...

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...

Are you thinking about investing in fixed income in 2021? Or perhaps, wondering what the experts think is the best place to invest? Well, the snippets below are a great place to start. We’ve compiled outlooks for the fixed income asset class for the year ahead. There are some common...

Today marks the official launch of a new Australian based fund manager - Fortlake Asset Management. Fortlake brings together some of the best investment minds in Australia – brain child of ex UBS executive Christian Baylis and supported by “Australia’s Warren Buffet”, investor Alex Waislitz, as a major shareholder, together...

Australian retail investors are at a distinct disadvantage in the bond market. Credit ratings are an important indication of the perceived future risk of an investment, but brokers are not able to show them to retail investors because of a quirky ASIC ruling. The credit rating agencies refused to pay higher...

Despite very low interest rates and volatile markets, there were still four fixed income ETFs that returned over 5% in the 12 months to 30 June 2020. Surprisingly, there were 12 funds that earned over 4% over the year. All four funds had global exposure and three of the four...

Socially conscious investors have been putting their money where their mouths are and starting a wave of investments in companies and funds that follow environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria.  These criteria measure how a company performs as a steward of nature; manages its relationships with employees, suppliers, customers and...

As published in The Weekend Australian on 26 June 2020 In the frenzied final days of the sale of Virgin Australia, more than 5000 local bond investors suddenly found themselves centre stage. The surprise departure of Cyrus Capital meant that for a very short time there were two remaining bidders for...