A continuation of an interview with Jamieson Coote Bonds’ Charles Jamieson – visit here for Part 1. Tell me what your thoughts are on the current market, is this an opportunity to buy in? Will rates go higher from here? How do you feel about inflation? Good timing Liz, I’ve only...
Deposit rates are incredibly low and in some cases zero, giving cashed-up investors who want to preserve capital very few choices. One is to buy Australian Commonwealth Government Bonds (ACGBs), which they can do through the ASX. At the moment there are around 35 bonds available with yields to maturity...
Government Bond Expert, Charles Jamieson From Jamieson Coote Bonds Talks About Life And Government Bond Strategies In The Coming Year - Part 1. I’ve watched and admired Charlie Jamieson for years. Setting up with partner Angus Coote a business focused on the highest quality bonds – federal and state government...
Recently, global asset manager T. Rowe Price held a webinar for Australian investors. I’ve transcribed part of the presentation by Emerging Market Bonds and Global High Income Bond Strategies Portfolio Manager Samy Muaddi whose role is exclusively focussed on debt markets. He describes how the world can get itself...
I’ve had a number of questions about inflation over the last few weeks and thought I would share them with you. First here’s a graph of historic CPI quarter over quarter. You can see the significant drop last year and the corresponding spike the next quarter. However, nothing more...
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...

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