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 examining capital notes, their features and why you would consider investing.
Both Westpac and Macquarie Bank have recently been in the market with a capital notes...
There are many reasons to invest in corporate bonds. Most investors don’t realise how important the corporate bond market is to Australian companies and the rest of the world. It’s an important source of finance and almost all of Australia’s top 50 ASX listed companies’ issue or invest in...
Global asset manager Janus Henderson has outstanding research capabilities. This article gives us insight into their thinking about investing in investment-grade BBB rated securities versus sub-investment-grade BB rated securities. It also explains some key educational terms and includes a glossary. We suggest you take your time reading the article...
The first half of 2021 has seen strong growth in green bond funds including social and sustainability bonds, with Bloomberg reporting about US$294 billion raised in the sale of green bonds.
Green bonds are designed to support climate or environment-related projects and bond investors are joining their equity counterparts to...
Would you like to take a guess at just how big the bond market is?
SIFMA, a US trade association for broker-dealers, investment banks and asset managers operating in the securities industry, has released its 1Q21 Fixed Income Outstanding report and according to the report, the global bond market was...
Global investment manager Franklin Templeton has issued its midyear outlook, which presents market and investment views for the second half of the year and examines uneven global recovery from COVID-19.
The outlook highlighted how emerging COVID-19 variants are adding new economic headwinds in parts of the world, while other countries...
Amundi, part of the Credit Agricole Group and Europe’s largest investment manager with EUR1.729 trillion in assets under management, has released its outlook for the second half of 2021. Here we republish key takeaways. Make sure you read to the end! There are some excellent portfolio allocation notes, risk...
Fixed Income News editorial director Elizabeth Moran talks to eInvest managing director Camilla Love about her career journey working in financial services, her passion projects including Future Women in Finance and eInvest's investment philosophy and funds.
Elizabeth Moran:
Camilla, Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and how you...
Recently, I’ve been looking at funds that have returned 10% plus in the last 12 months in the articles Two Fixed Income Funds Return 10%+ Over Last Year and More Fixed Income Funds Join The 10%+ Return Party.
Concurrently, I’ve been doing some research on emerging market investments, using our...
