Once safe bonds suffer losses
Investors suffered a real return loss of 1.85 per cent from what is supposed to be a bullet-proof asset class.
Busting the bond liquidity myth
Heard the one about it being hard to buy and sell bonds in secondary markets? Turns out it's a total myth.
Bonds still make sense when prices are falling
Long-term bond investors should be cheering for higher yields.
Why PIMCO won't call the end of bond bull run
Dan Ivascyn, the successor to Bill Gross as the head of PIMCO, isn't into making grand calls on a market that takes decades to turn.
Bond market more exposed to rate rises than ever: QIC
Bond markets can no longer get away without rewarding investors that are prepared to lend to companies and governments for longer than others, says QIC.
Challenger joins CBA in hybrid rush
A new Challenger hybrid offer, yielding 6.2 per cent, a week after an offer by CBA, is evidence that many investors remain anxious about shares.
Interest rates are too low
Thank heavens some smart bankers are unilaterally lifting mortgage rates to cool housing market exuberance.
Sell bank equity and buy the debt
The platform is now set for inflation to surprise on the upside, making floating rate bonds attractive.
What investors learnt in 2016
Hybrids, house prices and equities were good last year but 2017 will be all about the awkward confusion between crisis-level interest rates and healthy economic growth.
Why it's a mistake to disown government bonds
The massacre in fixed income is delighting those who believe we're in a bubble. But you shouldn't purge bonds.
Fixed income guru Bob Sahota joins Kapstream
Challenger's long-standing head of fixed income Bob Sahota has been hired by Kapstream.
