By Ardea Investment Management
Summary
Bond yields are rising again, and central banks have turned more hawkish (when a central bank wants to guard against...
Today, National Australia Bank launched a new Tier 1 hybrid, NAB Capital Notes 5 (NABPH) hoping to raise $750m or more to fund the...
Competition among fixed interest fund managers has intensified in Australia with the launch of several new exchange traded funds (ETFs) by global firms.
An AUSIEX...
Globally, fixed income, equity and mixed asset funds attracted over A$93.8bn in 2024, a sharp increase from A$36.8bn in 2023, according to Calastone’s 2024...
Ampol and Optus have this week both gone to the market seeking potential investors in respective fundraising offers.
ASX-listed fuel retailer Ampol is pitching a...
First Republic Bank, in the hands of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), was acquired by JPMorgan Chase & Co overnight. It is the...
The Australian government will lower the amount of bonds it will buy this financial year in response to a better than expected budget deficit...
Australia’s debt to GDP ratio remains among the lowest in the developed world despite Federal Government debt skyrocketing by $AU211 billion in 2020.
The increase...
It wasn’t that busy in financial markets, as the US kicked back for the 4 July holiday and there was light trading in Europe....
After David Jones was granted covenant waivers from its banks last week, bondholders will likely have little option but to agree to the waivers...



































