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Market Insights

Markets wake up to China risk

We’ve been noticing early warning indicators of China risk flaring up and those risks have now become real.

Early Warning Indicators

Continuing the theme of tightening liquidity, Italian govt. bond markets are noteworthy as an early warning indicator.

Bond issuance to underpin rising market opportunities

Following the budget announcement, we discuss why the current environment places Ardea IM well to continue to identify and exploit inefficiencies in fixed income markets to generate positive investment outcomes for our investors.

QE winners become QT losers

We’ve noted previously that the transition from Quantitative Easing (QE) to Quantitative Tightening (QT) is one of the two important paradigm shifts currently taking place in markets.

Wages, Wages, Wages

Despite strong domestic job creation, wage growth in Australia remains subdued and is part of the reason we believe the RBA’s policy tightening cycle will lag the US.

Corporate Bonds – More Risk for Less Return

Credit spreads over government bonds should compensate investors not just for default risk but also for other risks such as illiquidity. Gopi Karunakaran discusses how corporate bond markets are currently not providing sufficient compensation for growing illiquidity risk.