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...
By Patrick Marshall, Head of Private Debt & CLOs, and Carina Spitzkopf, Director, at the international business of Federated Hermes. Federated Hermes is a leading global investment manager with $619.4 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2020.
Integrating environmental, social or governance (ESG) factors into direct lending can 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...
Wealth manager Eaton Vance is currently upbeat about the investment prospects for local-currency-denominated Emerging Market Debt (EMD) and has provided the following outlook.
The Eaton Vance EMD team, managing U.S.$8.4 billion in assets, has EM FX as a clear “overweight” risk factor for the first time ever. The team is...
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...
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...
A Sukuk is an Islamic financial certificate not unlike a bond in western terms, though there are some key differences. Sukuk bonds are not only preferred by Sharia-compliant investors but are also attracting interest from conventional investors around the world.
With five Gulf Cooperation Council countries (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait,...
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...
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...
