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Leigh Winton

Head of Portfolio Strategies

Leigh Winton has over 20 years’ experience within Financial markets within the asset classes of Fixed Income, Foreign-Exchange, Derivatives and Commodities, predominantly within JPM, RBS, CBA & HSBC (Midland).

Leigh has a mix of Structuring, Product and Sales backgrounds, with his highest educational qualification being a Master of Business (in Finance) from UTS.

Whilst at CBA, Leigh was the co-Head of an investor products business which originated and distributed Fixed Income products within the CBA channels of Middle-market Instos, CBA Private Bank and CommSec.

Explaining products in simplistic terms have been a key part of Leigh’s roles to date.

Week in review

From the trading desk

Investors were active in USD denominated bonds based on a strengthening AUD. Fed chair Janet Yellen signals more US rate hikes may be further away than previously thought

Week in review

From the trading desk

Liberty Financial's 2020 bond cheaper as yields moved higher, we added Ensco’s 2025 bond to the DirectBond list and the Australian housing sector receives more warnings

Week in review

From the trading desk

The Federal Reserve increased rates for the second time in three months, we see increased interest in Liberty’s 2020 fixed rate bond and a shortening of duration in the USD high yield space

Week in review

From the trading desk

Liberty Financial’s 2020 bond started trading in the secondary market and Italy to bailout its oldest surviving bank, with senior bondholders bearing most of the losses

Week in review

From the trading desk

Markets rally after Macron’s win in France and positive US unemployment, we were active in Tier 2 floating rate notes and Talen Energy continues to fall in price

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