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The current portfolio has 11 bonds, yields 4.92% indicatively to worst* and is an approximate $200k spend.
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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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Last year we announced changes to our product offering, where the minimum portfolio investment was lowered to just $50,000 for all clients, and we have materially expanded the list of bonds available to retail investors.
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With International Women’s Day 2022 taking place this week, we’re shining a light on some of the brilliant females we have at FIIG. I asked two of my dedicated and insightful female colleagues about the opportunities they see in the fixed income space, and what International Women’s Day means to them.
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There are key considerations and opportunities for fixed income portfolios. Diversification is key, along with a laddered portfolio across maturities to help mitigate rising yield curves and what is likely to be an ongoing interest rate reset (up and then potentially down) over the medium term.
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Green issuance is eclipsing governance and social issues at the top of the ESG agenda, reflecting the growing awareness of climate issues such as rising global temperatures and erratic weather events, including fires and floods.
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FIIG’s Investment Strategy Team conducts an annual review of client portfolios, in addition to portfolio reviews carried out throughout the year. This assists clients to better understand the construction of their portfolios to make more insightful investment decisions.
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Markets had anticipated less new issuance due to monetary policies, however investors still saw a healthy pipeline of supply. This was mostly a result of corporate issuers taking advantage of market conditions and locking in funding ahead of any potential rate rises in the near future. Green issuance was also on the rise over the year. Here we discuss the key trends in primary markets over 2021.
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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.