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According to Challenger Investment Management’s December 2023 quarterly review: Subordinated debt was the star of 4Q23 Australian dollar financials are expensive compared to offshore issuance, and Retail bank capital (ASX-listed hybrids) are prohibitively expensive. Tier 2 subordinated bank capital was the star of the final quarter of 2023. Major bank...
Emma Lawson, Fixed Interest Strategist - Macroeconomics in the Janus Henderson Australian Fixed Interest team, provides her Australian economic analysis and market outlook. Market Review Doubts about the speed of central bank easing crept through in January, taking away some of the stellar December gains before staging a late month rally....
Following the latest US Federal Reserve meeting, Mutual Limited’s CIO Scott Rundell looks at how markets have reacted and the outlook. Fed says easy tiger, we’ll get there…be patient… It was all about what the Fed said and what they didn’t say last night at and post its policy meeting.  The...
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Queensland Treasury Corporation has issued AUD$2.75 billion of a new 4.75% 2 February 2034 CBI certified green bond through a syndicated process. This takes QTC's total term debt raised since 13 June 2023 to AUD11 billion towards its indicative funding requirement of AUD14.5 billion for 2023–24. Issuer ratings are AA+ (Stable) by...
Australian investors flocked to bond ETFs in 2023 as rising interest rates made fixed income allocations more attractive, according to data recently released by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and Vanguard. Australian bond ETFs received A$3.81 billion in cash flows in 2023, a 37% improvement year on year. Global bond...
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