As global share markets tumble and concern swirls about risk assets, one investment expert argues now is the time to invest in emerging market (EM) bonds.
Finisterre Capital is an EM specialist that manages funds in a variety of asset classes including sovereign debt, local currency debt, foreign exchange, corporate...
Investors are beginning to see value once again in fixed-income assets with bonds across the $63 trillion global debt market experiencing a bounce back.
According to Bloomberg indexes, global investment-grade debt has returned almost 1% in May, the first monthly gain since July, while US Treasuries are heading for their...
Investor expectations that interest rates will not rise much in the US may be "very misguided", according to Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Chief Investment Officer Sonal Desai.
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-This time, the Fed’s tightening cycle will be longer, and policy rates and bond yields will have to go higher than markets...
Challenger Ltd has converted 277,380 outstanding Challenger Capital Notes ASX:CGFPA (CCN1) into Challenger ordinary shares in what is a rare event in Australian capital markets.
Under the mandatory conversion provisions Challenger said in a statement it issued 3,822,281 fully paid Ordinary Shares at a price of approximately $7.33 per fully...
Life insurance company Generation Life has launched a new lifetime income solution, known as Generation Life LifeIncome, on GBST’s cloud-based wealth administration platform, Composer.
The company said in a statement, "Available exclusively through financial advisers, Generation Life’s solution, an investment-linked lifetime annuity that pays an income for life - paves...
Police & Nurses Limited has announced that it has successfully closed its A$75 million Capital Notes offering. The issue was oversubscribed by 1.4x.
The Capital Notes are perpetual with an optional call in May 2027 and under the Australian Prudential Regulation Authorities capital adequacy framework, will qualify as Additional Tier...
We are certainly experiencing a volatile period in markets, with higher inflation, increasing interest rates in the coming months/year and a continuation of pandemic/war supply disruptions.
Through the back half of 2020 and into 2021 we were wary of the re-emergence of higher rates and the vulnerability of longer interest...
There does seem to be some progress in moderating overall inflation in the U.S., but it is a bumpy and uneven process for sure, according to global specialist fixed income manager Western Asset.
Michael J. Bazdarich, Product Specialist and Economist at Western Asset says: “The Bureau of Labor Statistics in...
Scammers are pretending to be from well-known financial services firms and inviting people to invest in fake environmentally sustainable green bonds, corporate watchdog ASIC has warned.
A statement by ASIC said in Australia, green bonds are not directly available to the general public or retail investors. Any website or entity...
A NSW family has lost $500,000 through an elaborate scam involving a fake ANZ bonds investment website.
According to a report by news.com.au, the family found a website offering bonds affiliated with ANZ called Capel Court with an Australian Business Number that the family also double-checked the authenticity of with...
