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 >
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.   [...]

18 Jul, 2016

Interest Rate Commentary

By |2021-09-24T09:50:26+10:00Jul 18, 2016|Federal Reserve, Market Commentary|

While monetary policy divergence between the RBA and the Fed has been the general expectation for most of 2016, global economic conditions are likely to force the Fed to postpone any potential rate hike until next year while many market commentators are forecasting two cuts to the RBA cash rate by year end.   However, as the RBA has reiterated [...]

18 Jul, 2016

Hybrid Performance Post Brexit

By |2016-07-18T01:24:09+10:00Jul 18, 2016|Hybrids|

Major bank tier 1 hybrids have continued to rally over the past fortnight as markets have shrugged off the spike in market volatility experienced directly after the 23rd June Brexit vote.   The Westpac Convertible Preference Shares (ASX Code: WBCPC) have had the largest compression in spread (0.84%) followed by the NAB Convertible Preference Shares 2 (NABPB) compressing by 0.63%. [...]