There is no rest for the wicked and so after a short pause, the RBA is back at it again. Dr Lowe raised the cash rate by another 25 bps on Tuesday with the promise of more increases if needed. Inflation may be slowly falling, but not fast enough for the ...
Learn moreThe Big RBA Unwind During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the RBA pumped billions into the financial system. Now we are in the middle of the big unwind as the RBA looks to tighten financial conditions further in response to high inflation. ...
Learn moreAfter ten consecutive interest rate rises, the RBA finally decided to pause. The interest rate remains at 3.5 percent. There is always a lagged response to interest rate rises but it has taken a while for the Australian economy to slow down. On top ...
Learn moreChart of the Month - March 2023 Are bad loans to Commercial Real Estate (CRE) the next stage of the US banking crisis? The inflation-recession dichotomy has been busted by a US and Swiss banking crisis. Duration risk and an old fashioned bank ru ...
Learn moreThe risk-adjusted returns in Australia’s emerging private debt sector consistently beat comparable investments in the more sophisticated markets of Europe and the US, says Christian Brehm, CEO of FC Capital. Australia’s i ...
Learn moreSYDNEY | WEDNESDAY, 22 MARCH 2023 Type of announcement – new fund launch Fund Name: FC Senior Credit Fund I FC Capital announces new closed-ended private credit fund Sydney based FC Capital, an alternative asset management firm w ...
Learn moreRaising a Good Yield The bond market’s performance in 2022 was historically bad. For example, Vanguard’s Total Bond Market Index (US) was down -13.25% while the S&P Australia Aggregate Bond Index was down -10%. However, just like a b ...
Learn moreThe Emergence of Private Debt – What's Fuelling Australia's Lending Landscape Shift? Private debt is gathering pace in Australia as traditional lenders and big banks turn their attention to large-scale corporate entities, leaving small ...
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