Fixated: The Fixed Income Podcast
Join Fixed Income News Australia Editorial Director Elizabeth Moran as she talks everything fixed income with industry experts from Australia and around the globe. Want more? Visit fixedincomenews.com.au for more news, views and education.
Episodes
Challenger has two distinct but complimentary businesses, Life, with its annuity products and Funds Management. As an insurance company, they need to make sure they have funds to support very long term obligations and roughly 75% of its assets are invested in fixed income. I caught up with Sam Morris, who has recently been promoted to general manager, strategy, to talk about the business, and what’s in the pipeline, market trends a...
Is the US still the world’s reserve currency? What other investments might replace US government bonds? I sat down with Harry Hardy from Fidelity International recently and we discussed why the US remains an important market but also why it’s wise to diversify and how active management may help you outperform.
In celebration of International Women’s Day, we’ve brought in Dr Laura Ryan, Head of Research and Development at Ardea to sit down with us and discuss her lived experiences as a woman in finance. We talk about the unique challenges women faced in a male-dominated industry and strategies to overcome these hurdles, why it’s ok to ask for what you want, juggling a professional career and building an off-grid house in inner-city Sydney...
This week we welcome back Mark Bayley, Portfolio Manager at Kapstream Capital to the Fixated podcast to discuss the post-US Election market reactions and explore the fascinating Private Credit asset class.
We look at how Private Credit fits into an investor’s portfolio, the importance of understanding fees, and what investors should be looking for. Mark also shares his insight into the Kapstream Private Investment Fund which offer...
Private credit has undergone a real renaissance in recent times both in Australia and around the world. CFMG Capital’s Andrew Thomson joins us again to lift the lid on what is driving so much investor interest in this asset class. One of the big concerns of investors about private credit has been the interconnected relationships between manager and borrower. Andrew provides us with valuable insight into CFMG’s view toward this rela...
ASX listed hybrids have been a consistent source of income for decades. Is APRA’s proposal to phase them out likely to go ahead? Where else can investors get similarly high yields? Brad Newcombe from Fixed Income Solutions has followed the hybrid market for more than 25 years and gives us his views.
It’s rare to get strategic vision from a global asset strategist and we’re proud to bring you this interview with regular FINA contributor, Thomas Poullaouec.
We ask, will there be a hard or soft landing? Does the US election matter? Is there more to run in US and Australian equities? What are Poullaouec’s views on fixed income sub asset classes? Does he still have cash to invest? Listen in to hear his frank and at times, unexpecte...
Private credit is growing, attracting new participants, as well as some criticism. What do you look for if you are thinking of investing? Frank Danieli from MA Financial says the asset class is about avoiding losers, not about picking winners, tune in to find out some of his other tips and learn more from an experienced lender, managing more than $4 billion in private credit.
This week we sit down with Chamath De Silva, Head of Fixed Income at Betashares to discuss US Government Bonds and briefly, its new Australian Major Bank Subordinated Debt ETF (ASX:BSUB). Betashares currently have over $37 billion in funds under management, and $10.5 billion in fixed income funds.
There are good reasons to think about adding global bonds to your portfolio. In this educational podcast episode, Richard Rauch from Brandywine Global Investment Management delves into government and corporate bonds and active and passive investment.
The beauty of being global is the third in a series of three Fixed Income Building Blocks podcasts that aim to build your knowledge and deepen your understanding of the asset class. We...
How do you build a fixed income product based on residential property? We spoke to CFMG Capital’s Andrew Thomson about how the CFMG Monthly Income Fund provides investors with exposure to competitive returns and the Australian property market, through loans secured by first mortgages over real property. It provides investors with a regular income stream, as the fund aims to distribute returns on a monthly basis with a current targe...
Where are we in the journey to lower inflation? Tune in to hear expert commentary from award winning fixed income portfolio manager, Dr Christian Baylis. What is the neutral real rate? What’s attractive right now? What do rising defaults mean for credit spreads? Learn about Fortlake’s fascinating default arbitrage strategy.
Learn some useful tips and lessons learned for your bond portfolio from Anthony Kirkham from Western Asset Management, a Franklin Templeton company. Diversification is a key reason investors turn to fixed income, but it’s important to think about liquidity and yield as well. Rising interest rates have changed the outlook and prospects for the asset class. Anthony talks big picture as well as some of the specific investments they fa...
Asset backed securities (ABS), including residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS), provide relatively high, floating rate monthly income. Learn about the asset class, the risks and it’s many protections as well as Thinktank’s two funds in this informative podcast.
Career, life, decision making and figuring out the ‘why’. In celebration of International Women’s Day we sit down with Amy Xie Patrick from Pendal Group.
Have you ever wondered how a portfolio manager invests? In this podcast we unpack yield and risk with Andrew Canobi from Franklin Templeton. He explains the Franklin Templeton investment process and gives some unique insights into yield relationships between various securities. For example, Australian major bank senior unsecured, subordinated Tier 2 securities and hybrid Tier 1 securities.
Yield & Risk is the first in a series ...
There’s a lot of mixed sentiment about what will happen to global interest rates this year; we chat to Senior Economist, Janu Chan about her inflation and interest rate expectations and the impact on fixed income markets. Chan resides in Hong Kong, so delves into capital flows in Asia Pacific and Evergrande’s liquidation order by Hong Kong’s High Court.
Read more of Janu Chan's contributions on Fixed Income News Australia, and ...
Ever wonder why a company decides to issue fixed income securities? In this podcast we talk about the decision making process and issuance of Asset Backed Securities (ABS) with George Whittle, Head of Funding at Brighte. We consider the ABS structure, investor appetite, what happens when deals are oversubscribed and tips for companies thinking about issuing debt securities.
This week we talk about high yield and emerging market bonds with Amy Xie Patrick, Head of Income Strategies at Pendal Group. We take a deep dive into these sectors, why they are attractive to investors, the risks associated with them, and favoured emerging market countries. Also discussed are the potential impact of a US recession and change of government, the Chinese economy, and the energy transition.
With higher interest rates making fixed income more attractive to investors, we talk investing direct in bonds with Jessica Rusit, Associate Director – Investment Strategy at FIIG Securities. We discuss how a bond portfolio compares to an exchange traded fund (ETF), what happens to bonds in a recession, liquidity in the bond market and how FIIG structure their bond portfolios to suit a wide range of risk appetites.
FIIG provid...
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