Inflation and the cash rate continually hit news headlines at the moment, but are you aware of what is happening to one of our...
Recent new issues by NAB, Macquarie, and Ampol might have you thinking about adding capital notes, sometimes called ‘hybrids’ to your portfolio. In this...
A yield curve shows the relationship between interest rates and the term to maturity. It plots interest rates on the y-axis and term to...
By Mitch Reznick, CFA; Robin Usson, CFA; and Sophie Demare of Federated Hermes
After record issuance in 2021, the Green, Social, and Sustainability bond market...
Companies that offer annuities are significant investors in fixed income assets. In this article, Aaron Minney, Head of Retirement Income Research at Challenger, dispels...
In this webinar, we talk with Anthony Kirkham who is the Head of Investment Management/Australian Operations for fixed income manger, Western Asset Management. The...
Most investments have risks and before you invest it’s best to know and understand how the risks could impact your investment.
Fixed income investments can...
Over the last decade, Australia's lending landscape has transformed. Gone are the days when the "big four" controlled the vast majority of Australians' credit...
The Australian bank capital note market has long been favored by income investors and is worth around $30 billion. Recent issues mean it's worth...
If you think of a spread as something to put on your toast, in other words something additional, a credit spread is the extra...