US Federal Reserve

Defensive equity strategies: Not just hype

As markets climb a wall of worry asset owners should have a defensive equity strategy in place to help limit losses, delegates heard at Investment Magazine’s Equities Summit.

Elizabeth FryNovember 8, 2019

Volatility index signals further chaos in US credit markets: DiMartino Booth

A former Dallas Federal Reserve Bank adviser warns that a spike in bond market volatility and recent money market chaos could flag a looming credit crisis.

Elizabeth FryOctober 7, 2019

Global uncertainty requires risk rethink

Chief risk officer at the World Bank Group, Lakshmi Shyam-Sunder, says the extreme uncertainty of the global economy requires a new risk management framework and investors should not take anything for granted in scenario planning.

Amanda WhiteSeptember 4, 2019

Fixed Income and Credit Forum

IIF: Investors highly exposed to leveraged loans and CLOs

While the world's banks are the largest holders of leveraged loans and CLOs, new data has revealed about 40 per cent of these instruments are owned by asset managers, private equity, and hedge funds.

Elizabeth FryJuly 29, 2019

CIO profiles

QSuper’s Brad Holzberger: Betting on bonds

QSuper CIO, Brad Holzberger, has long stood out from his peers by loading up on long-term government bonds and even the recent sudden collapse of yields hasn’t deterred him from sticking with this asset class.

Elizabeth FryJuly 19, 2019

Fixed Income and Credit Forum

US Fed: Weak jobs data to drive dramatic easing

The markets will rapidly price in a more dramatic Fed easing path if the latest batch of jobs data due to be released this Friday reveals a jump in the unemployment rate.

Elizabeth FryJuly 1, 2019