4 May, 2017

Liquidity in the ASX-Listed Debt & Hybrid Market

By |2021-09-24T10:43:38+10:00May 4, 2017|Education, Hybrids, Market Commentary|

When investing in the ASX-Listed Debt & Hybrid market, an important consideration is liquidity. Given the market’s size of ~$60 billion, liquidity can be limited and if a major announcement occurs it may be difficult to get in or out of positions. For this reason, investors may have to accept a lower price to sell or pay a higher price [...]

4 May, 2017

Increased Provisioning for Credit Losses for the Australian Banks

By |2017-05-04T00:01:53+10:00May 4, 2017|Education|

2017 has been marked by both growing global geopolitical risk and uncertainty surrounding the 'overheating' domestic property market. Earlier this month, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) released its Financial Stability Review (click here) focusing primarily on potential economic instability as a result of the high level of household debt. While this is not new, the review highlighted riskier types of borrowing, [...]