From Brian Carney and Kevin Minas, Mawer
Executive Summary
Private credit assets under management have boomed over the past decade with various estimates putting the size of the market between $2-3 trillion USD.
Despite public credit and private credit often being sharply delineated in investors’ minds and strategic asset allocations,...
Comments from Patrick Marshall, Head of Private Credit at Federated Hermes on the Private Credit market at the halfway point of 2024.
“A visit to Australia was high on my priority list in the first half of the year. With EY estimating that the market reached AUD$188bn in AUM at the end of...
From Chris Iggo, Chief Investment Officer, Core Investments, AXA Investment Managers.
When I started in asset management, the chief rationale for bond investing was based on the compounding of income returns. After years of price volatility and central banks' distorting of yields, we are back to that simple mantra. Income...
Market and portfolio commentary from institutional investor Nuveen, as part of their quarterly Global Investment Committee Outlook.
Current market environment:
Overall growth in the U.S. and many other countries has either slowed, turned negative or been subject to greater instability amid a variety of economic obstacles.
Divergent monetary policy around...
From Challenger chief economist Dr Jonathan Kearns
The RBA’s pandemic era Term Funding Facility (TFF) comes to an end this week with the final date for repayment of these cheap loans. The TFF provided banks with 3-year funding from the RBA, initially at 0.25% but with later drawdowns at 0.1%,...
From QIC, Liquid Markets Group
The J.P. Morgan Asia Credit Index (JACI) suite of indices expanded to include a new JACI Asia Pacific Index (JACI APAC) in 2023. The new index includes USD-denominated debt from the Asia Pacific region, expanding coverage of the existing JACI series by introducing new...
Seema shares her global markets outlook for the second half of the year following the recent Fed meeting.
Although the timing remains uncertain, investors can derive three key insights regarding the Fed's outlook:
Recent consumer and labour market survey data suggest that the next policy move will be a cut,...
BetaShares has two dedicated hybrid ETFs:
BetaShares Active Australian Hybrids Fund (ASX:HBRD), which is actively managed
BetaShares Australian Major Bank Hybrids Index ETF (ASX:BHYB), which is a passive fund that aims to track the performance of Solactive Australian Banking Preferred Shares Index
It’s important to note BetaShares’ two hybrid funds...
In brief
-Volatility has risen considerably in the eurozone, which may ultimately pave the way for buying opportunities.
-European fixed income valuation has improved.
-Disinflation is back on track in US.
Liberté, Egalité, Volatilité. Volatility has risen substantially in the eurozone over the past week due to escalating political risks in France. While...
From Nathan Shetty, Head of Multi-Asset, Nuveen
Key takeaways:
Previously effective investment strategies may have limited utility in the new environment. A more rigorous approach to diversification and risk management is now essential.
A considerably more dynamic approach to asset allocation is paramount. Country-specific risk profiles are changing and global investors should...
