Education (basics)
One of the very favourable aspects of bonds is that they are, on average, far less volatile than shares and can help investors achieve better risk-adjusted returns.
Education (basics)
Investing directly or through managed bond funds has advantages and disadvantages; just like investing in shares, the decision depends upon the individual
Education (basics)
Investing directly or through managed bond funds has advantages and disadvantages; just like investing in shares, the decision depends upon the individual
Trade opportunities
We’ve added two new CenturyLink and one Hertz Corporation dollar fixed rate bonds to our USD DirectBonds list, and one Bendigo & Adelaide Bank floating rate bond to our AUD DirectBonds list. The DirectBonds offer indicative yield to worsts up to 8.61 % and are available to wholesale investors in minimum face value parcels of USD10,000
Week in review
Markets are adjusting post Trump’s win as White House roles start to be filled
Week in review
All eyes on the US election with latest polls predicting a Clinton win, a Democrat senate and a Republican House of Representatives
Week in review
The EU and Canada sign a free trade deal, Trump improves in the polls after FBI opens a new investigation into Clinton email usage and we add Geo Group to our DirectBond list
Trade opportunities
Qantas and Virgin Australia have issued new bonds into the AUD and USD markets respectively
Opinion
Ian Silk, Chief Executive of the $100 billion Australian Super fund, has dispelled any doubt that we are stuck in a low interest, low inflation environment, announcing this week that Australian Super’s Balanced Fund had returned 4.54 percent for the 2015 to 2016 year
Trade opportunities
In a first for FIIG, one of our three new DirectBonds is a Chinese based food and vitamin group issuing a bond in USD, offering fantastic diversification to wholesale investors away from financials and resource companies