General
New issues update
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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.
General
New issues update
Trade opportunities
Almost daily, there are new corporate bonds being issued into the Australian domestic fixed income market. High yield bonds (either sub-investment grade or unrated) are a subset of that overall corporate bond issuance. FIIG has been the largest originator of unrated corporate bonds.
General
New issues update
Education (advanced)
Credit ratings are an indication of perceived risk. Each year Standard and Poor’s release a global report that shows defaults as well as rating movements (upgrades and downgrades)
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Jonathan Sheridan discusses why inflation-linked securities should be in every fixed income portfolio, discussing how these securities protect investors against inflationary pressures while maintaining a steadily growing income flow.
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The beauty of a well-constructed bond portfolio is that you do not have to care too much about the path and direction of rate rises.
General
New issues update
At FIIG
After her career abroad and a move back to Australia, Louise, 53, is now enjoying her retirement. Louise has taken it upon herself to learn about bonds so she can feel comfortable and confident in her investments. Below, Louise tells us about how her investment strategy, and how she built her confidence to invest in bonds.
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Moving lower down the capital structure of higher rated corporate issuers is one way to add higher returns to well diversified portfolios.
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The current portfolio has 11 bonds, yields 4.92% indicatively to worst* and is an approximate $200k spend.
General
New issues update
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Bonds offer key features over other asset classes including a predictable income stream, liquidity and the opportunity for capital gains.
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For the first time in many people’s investing careers, inflation is becoming something to properly consider as an impact on portfolios. Along with this is the allied effects of rising rates, the main tool of central banks used to combat inflation.