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Whilst last month’s announcement was a damp squib, further commentary from Regional Presidents seemed to convince the market that longer term (10-year) yields needed to be higher, and we saw the Australian government 10-year yield follow the US Treasury about 30bps (0.30%) higher over the month.
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With fears of escalating inflation, surging COVID-19 cases, central bank tapering, and concerns of an equity-market correction (to name a few!), there has been a bit for investors to digest this year. Here we press pause, review current market volatility, moves in the yield curve and the impact for fixed income portfolios.
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Launched in August 2019 and unique in the Australian market for being the first of its kind, the Solactive FIIG High Yield and Non-Rated Index is a rules-based, market value weighted index.
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Whilst last month’s announcement was a damp squib, further commentary from Regional Presidents seemed to convince the market that longer term (10-year) yields needed to be higher, and we saw the Australian government 10-year yield follow the US Treasury about 30bps (0.30%) higher over the month.
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We look at the benefits of actively managing maturities and early redemptions to get the most out of fixed income portfolios.
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FIIG is active in arranging unrated, over-the-counter bonds for both ASX listed companies and large Australian private companies.
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While August was a relatively boring month in the bond market with low levels of issuance in bonds that we have an interest in, on the second last day of August we participated in a new issue from Pacific National.
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Here we clear up some misconceptions about longer dated bonds and discuss the best ingredients for a fixed income portfolio.
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While July was a relatively boring month in the bond market with low levels of issuance in bonds that we have an interest in, August holds promise of RMBS issuance.
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One of the advantages of investing in an over-the-counter hybrid, is the franking credits and associated tax benefit attached to the coupon payments of these subordinate positions.