Entering leveraged loans? Three implementation questions to answer

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Rising interest rates and inflationary forecasts continue to underpin strong demand for leveraged loans, thanks in large part to their floating rate characteristics. Yet investors seeking to introduce dedicated exposure... Read more continue reading

Patience to be tested as super returns head for the red

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Super funds retreated further in May, with the median growth fund (61 to 80% in growth assets) recording a 1% decline for the month. While the falls in April and... Read more continue reading

Australian bonds a compelling investment opportunity in today’s environment

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Australian bond market re-pricing over the past month has given fixed income portfolios an attractive yield premium and created the prospect of strong performance as yields normalise, according to leading... Read more continue reading

Aviva Investors makes strong progress towards net zero targets for Real Assets business

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Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), has published a report on the progress being made by its £47 billion Real Assets business towards net zero... Read more continue reading

Westpac outlines initiatives to boost childcare sector and help women into home ownership

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Westpac has introduced new lending changes to help make it easier for childcare businesses to access finance to expand, supporting Government plans to grow the childcare sector. In addition, Westpac... Read more continue reading

Australian voters are putting their money where their mouth is

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The election surprise for many was just how influential issues such as climate change were[1]. Jessie Pettigrew, Head of ESG and Sustainability at BT, said that Australians’ interest in environmental... Read more continue reading

SuperConcepts relaunches quarterly SMSF Investment Patterns Survey

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Self-managed super fund (SMSF) technology and administration provider SuperConcepts has relaunched their SMSF Investment Patterns Survey with findings for March 2022 after a harmonisation of internal systems. The report presents... Read more continue reading

Thinking about industrial (and Qantas and Netflix)

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In global real estate, there has been no sector that has enjoyed more demand tailwinds over the past 10 years than industrial. Naturally, the trend in online retail has helped,... Read more continue reading

A tonic for turbulent times: Dr Oliver’s Nine Tips for investing

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Dr Shane Oliver, AMP’s long-standing Chief Economist and member of the AMP Investments team, has witnessed numerous economic cycles and market events in his more than 35 years as a... Read more continue reading

FOMC reinforces the aggressive message, increases the policy rate by 75bps

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Aggressive 75bp increase in the policy rate; Aggression reinforced through ‘dot plot’ In a clear signal of its determination to vanquish inflation the Federal Reserve’s FOMC increased rates by 75bps... Read more continue reading