Webinar: Introducing ActiveX
Watch Ardea IM Portfolio Manager Gopi Karunakaran and Fidante Investment Specialist Sam Morris as they discuss the ActiveX Ardea Real Outcome Bond Fund (Managed Fund).
Credit is the Canary
Following last week’s meeting of the US Federal Reserve (FED), markets have become increasingly concerned that the FED is making a policy mistake in continuing to increase interest rates.
China risk goes beyond trade wars
The China economic slowdown story had been building behind the scenes long before markets decided to focus on trade hostilities with the US.
Lies, Damned Lies and Correlations
The carrot that alternative investment strategies often dangle in front of investors is the prospect of uncorrelated returns.
In Focus: Ardea Real Outcome Fund
Watch this Livewire video to learn more about the Real Outcome Fund and the team’s investment process.
A big night out for credit markets
This Livewire exclusive discusses the changing dynamics in credit markets and why this could be very disruptive.
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 – 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.
Does fixed income still diversify portfolio risk?
Gopi Karunakaran shares his thoughts on the global fall in interest rates over the past 10 years and what to expect when this tailwind to asset prices subsides.