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With Australia facing difficult conditions as the impacts of rising interest rates continue flowing through the economy, credit remains one of the most reliable and attractive ways to add defensiveness to a portfolio, strategists from SQM Research and ICG told a recent Inside Network symposium.

Much of the 2.4 per cent decline in global wealth in 2022 – the second-biggest this century – stemmed from US dollar appreciation, but even controlling for exchange rates it was the slowest wealth increase since the GFC, UBS and Credit Suisse said in a new report. But global wealth inequality fell, as richer countries took the biggest hit.

It is striking how little little yield premium equities are offering over the official interest rate at them moment, says Ruffer’s Steve Russell. Investors may be tempted, but he warns that a cautious road may suit for the period ahead.

Fixed interest manager Colchester Global presented ‘Putting the income back into fixed income’ to investors focusing on the current state of traditional fixed income markets. PM and Head of Risk and Analytics at Colchester, Alberto Martin, explains why fixed income is topical highlighting that ‘over the last decade, income has become a bit like the…

May is shaping up to be one of the most important months for dividend-focused Australian investors, with bank reporting season beginning on May 3, with Westpac’s interim result. The unexpected strength of the sector was brought to light this week after two of the three main ratings agencies upgraded their views on the sector, on…

Regardless of which name you know it by, private credit, may just be the most popular asset class of 2020. The concept of private debt is straightforward, it involves lending money to private rather than public or ASX-listed companies. Almost every reader of this newsletter will have made a fixed income or bond investment at…

What drove markets in November? Markets delivered an early Christmas surprise with November’s market performance delivering one of the best months of the entire year. The ASX 200 Index posted a whopping +9.96% gain while the Small Ords rallied +10.20%. In the US, it was a similar story with the S&P 500 Index posting its…

In a year of pandemic-forced lockdowns, record high government spending, lower corporate earnings and zero growth in interest rates, asking for a high dividend is a little Oliver Twist-like: “Please Sir, I want some more.” Even the most reliable of “reliable” dividend-paying companies ditched or lowered their dividend payouts because it simply wasn’t feasible to…