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'Shockproof' portfolios integrate geopolitical risks: CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
Investors must integrate geopolitical risks into their decision making and anticipate assets being repriced at a blistering rate, as a means to help "shockproof" portfolios, according to an investments chief. As uncertainty around geopolitical risks ...

Buyer beware: Private credit as a defensive play

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
Financial advisers grapple finding a meaningful place for private credit in portfolios as investment experts urge them to carefully consider the risks of making it part of the defensive allocation. The Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association ...

AI to outweigh inflation fears in fixed income markets: Allspring

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
Rising energy prices and geopolitical tensions may be dominating fixed income markets today, but Allspring Global Investments head of global macro strategy Noah Wise believes Artificial Intelligence (AI) will become the far more significant force, shaping ...

Product showcase: A guaranteed future

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
... response to geopolitical and macro-economic shocks, which can wreak havoc on portfolios and retiree savings. Equity and bond market selloffs, such as that of March 2026, or the outbreak of the Russia / Ukraine conflict in 2022, are recent examples of ...

FEATURE: Fixed income | Adjusting the lens

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... investors or clients is to make sure you know what you're getting when you're buying the index. In the global bond market, what you're buying is about six to six and a half years of interest rate risk. Meaning, if bond yields go up 100 basis ...

Dimon warns private credit crisis will hurt retail investors most

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... Dimon pitted the size of the US$1.8 trillion private credit market in the US against the US$1.5 trillion US high-yield bond market, and the bank syndicated leveraged loan market of US$1.7 trillion. "Taking a wider view, the total market size of investment-grade ...

Challenger injects $3.7bn in BOQ, bolsters private credit book

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
Challenger has injected Bank of Queensland (BOQ) with $3.7 billion of capital via a whole-of-loan sale as it ramps up its private credit push. The $3.7 billion will be used to reduce BOQ's debt funding by about $3.4 billion and return $300 million ...

Chalmers looks to shore up fuel supply as Iran war continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
The conflict in Iran is continuing to escalate after US President Donald Trump issued a 48-hour deadline to the Iranian government to open the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to destroy Iran's energy infrastructure if it doesn't comply. The deadline ...

UniSuper 'missed out' on gold rally, but for good reason: Pearce

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... rally." Pearce noted the big buyers of gold have been global central banks, especially China, as they get out of the US bond market. "As a matter of fact, many of the central banks that are not politically aligned to the US are doing the same thing. ...

Financing the technological revolution: AI issuance in credit

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... compounding refinancing needs from previous debt cycles, increased competition US Treasury issuance, and concerns that the bond market can handle the spike in issuance while maintaining quality standards. "The expected surge in bond issuance, partly ...
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