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FEATURE: Fixed income | Adjusting the lens

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... corporate investment grade credit, fundamentals are strong with relatively high all-in yields and a positive sloping yield curve delivering strong income, alongside the potential for duration-led capital gains," she says. Most institutional investors ...

An outlook for fixed income allocations in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... to position across different countries. Similarly, with rate volatility likely to persist, managing exposure on the yield curve is also crucial; and disparities in fundamentals can reward rigorous credit analysis in high yield, emerging markets and sectors ...

VanEck launches fixed-rate subordinated debt ETF

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... instruments," VanEck said. VanEck Asia Pacific chief executive and managing director Arian Neiron said: "With the Australian yield curve steepening recently and the 10-year bond yield at a 12-month high, we think FSUB is well-positioned, offering investors ...

Fewer global equity managers underperform: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... duration risk, while narrowing credit spreads typically rewarded the assumption of greater credit risk. However, the yield curve has since reverted to become largely upward-sloping, and credit spreads failed to tighten further from their already narrow ...

CBA appoints head of Australian economics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has announced Belinda Allen will take on the role of head of Australian economics after Gareth Aird left the bank in July. Allen will be responsible for developing the bank's Australian economic forecasts, views on the Reserve ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
Markets have all but recovered from when 'Liberation Day' threatened a meltdown, and asset classes of all flavours are pushing to new highs. But with valuations ahead of fundamentals amid uncertainty, fixed income is in focus as investors look ...

Private debt leads fixed income returns: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
... benefited returns because of interest rate duration, there were signs of divergence at the longer-dated end of the yield curve. "For example, while longer-term yields in Australia remained broadly unchanged year on year, the long end of the US Treasury ...

Investors 'ignoring' volatility: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
The Schroders 2025 mid-year investment outlook has said investors are suffering from "volatility fatigue" as they are increasingly ignoring the ongoing geopolitical risk, economic volatility, and policy uncertainty. Schroders said instead, investors ...

State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... because in the years preceding 2022 from 2009 onwards, we were in a very low yield environment. Once there became a yield curve again to speak about in most parts of the world - Australia, the US, and other markets that were in that very awkward negative ...

Challenger posts mixed Q3 FY25 result

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... returns but has also seen fixed term annuity sales grow by 15% to $505 million due to demand driven by the 'inverted yield curve'. Managing director and chief executive Nick Hamilton said in the quarter Challenger "maintained momentum" in making significant ...
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