Charlie Callan.

About Charlie Callan

Charlie is an integral part of the Investments team, leading generalist corporate coverage across the capital structure and credit fundamentals. Additionally, Charlie leads BondAdviser’s quantitative modelling in respect to relative value analysis and credit portfolio simulations. Read bio >
25 Jul, 2016

Interest Rate Commentary

By |2016-07-25T01:40:34+10:00Jul 25, 2016|Market Commentary|

Last Tuesday, the minutes of the RBA July meeting revealed that inflation remains the major factor pertaining to further rate cuts. Price growth for the June quarter is scheduled to be released on the 27th of July (Wednesday) and may give the board the excuse it needs to cut the cash rate to a new low of 1.50%. The report [...]

21 Jul, 2016

Reporting Season Calendar

By |2021-09-24T10:48:04+10:00Jul 21, 2016|Research|

Reporting Season Calendar: Australian Foundation Investment Company (AFIC) - 25/07/2016  Genworth - 03/08/2016 Seven Group - 03/08/2016  Suncorp - 04/08/2016 Tabcorp - 04/08/2016 Bendigo & Adelaide Bank  - 08/08/2016 AGL Energy - 10/08/2016 Commonwealth Bank of Australia - 10/08/2016 Goodman Group - 11/08/2016 Telstra - 11/08/2016 Aurizon Network - 15/08/2016 GPT Group - 15/08/2016 Mirvac Group - 16/08/2016 Challenger - 16/08/2016 G8 Education - 16/08/2016 Crown Resorts - [...]

21 Jul, 2016

Where are Term Deposit rates heading?

By |2016-07-21T00:15:59+10:00Jul 21, 2016|Deposits, Market Commentary|

At the end of February, we published “Term Deposits – Past, Current and Future Trends” outlining our expectation that term deposit margins would increase due to competitive pressures between Authorised Depository Institutions (ADIs). Since the commentary was written, term deposit margins have indeed risen by ~0.20%.   Figure 1. Term Deposit Spreads Source: RBA, AFMA, BondAdviser   As shown in [...]

21 Jul, 2016

The significance of ANZ StEPS

By |2016-07-21T00:13:12+10:00Jul 21, 2016|Case Study, Hybrids|

Over the first half of 2016 the four major Australian banks have issued ~A$4.65 billion of domestic and US$1 billion of offshore hybrids. In a globally low interest rate environment, these issues have been well supported by investors and this is reflected in the movement of the average hybrid trading margin over 2016.   Figure 1. AT1 Average Trading Margin [...]

20 Jul, 2016

S&P request to comment on APRA criteria

By |2016-07-20T23:41:10+10:00Jul 20, 2016|Bonds, Hybrids|

On the 6th of July 2016 ratings agency S&P issued a request for comment relating to proposed amendments to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s (APRA) evaluation criteria regarding the capital adequacy of banks. Ultimately, the agency’s intention is to begin capturing recent Basel III enhancements that were introduced after the Global Financial Crisis in Pillar 3 bank disclosure statement reports.   [...]