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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.

Livewire Exclusive – More trouble on the way?

This time last year Tamar Hamlyn shared with Livewire that inflation and volatility charts were the ones he was watching closely. Tamar now shares his thoughts of what to expect from here and what investors can do about it.

LIBOR In The News Again

LIBOR, like the plumbing in your house, tends to only get attention when something goes wrong.

Livewire Exclusive – A dangerous consensus

In a Livewire Exclusive video, Gopi Karunakaran discusses how banks withdrew from corporate bond markets after the financial crisis, and what this means for the US$560 billion in fixed income ETFs around the world.

Markets Wake Up To Inflation Risk

Inflationary pressures have been building globally and particularly in the US. The rise in breakeven inflation rates over the past two months shows that markets have begun to price this in.

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