Company updates
Virgin has delivered a much improved performance in 1H16, driven by improved operating performance and lower fuel costs. The company is targeting a significant improvement in credit metrics by FY17
Trade opportunities
We list our 10 most popular foreign currency bonds by face value and include credit ratings and current yields
Trade opportunities
Following the FY15 reporting season, we look across the US dollar space and highlight the top four bond opportunities for investors seeking to add US dollar exposure to their portfolio
Company research
Studio City Finance Limited (Studio City) develops and operates the Studio City project, an Asian-focused integrated gaming and entertainment resort, located at Cotai in Macau. The development is estimated to cost around US$3.2bn and open in the third quarter of 2015
Company updates
Last year's record profit was a bumper performance off the back of the high iron ore price at the time, which isn’t expected to be repeated in the short to medium term
Opinion
Since our original call on the AUD/USD exchange rate in August 2014, a lot has changed. The obvious questions are “Do we still have the same view of the AUD/USD market?” and “What strategies are best from here?”
Opinion
Robert Shiller, Nobel Prize winner, wrote an article recently that brings some common sense to some of the uninformed commentary seen in the mainstream Australian media recently about so called "bond bubbles"
Week in review
US February CPI released and fourth quarter GDP revised down; Greek bailout uncertainty drags on; good flows based on the new issues mean there’s a wide variety of bonds available; and James Hardie International Finance Ltd 5.875% 2023 now available as a new USD DirectBond (wholesale investors only)
Week in review
Aussie unemployment; RBA minutes; flows from last week; CBL Insurance update; Fortescue bond buyback and refinance update; and two AXA USD “old style” capital securities and Downer AUD 2022 fixed rate bond added as new DirectBonds (wholesale investors only)
Opinion
With the US economy strengthening further and the Australian economy weakening, we revise our outlook for the AUD/USD exchange rate to 65-70c