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The Macro Landscape: Taking a second look at 2024

In this article, we will take a closer look at the state government capex spending, cash rates around the world, labour markets in Australia and a LOCK strategy to guide successful bond market investing in 2024.

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BBSW - what is it and how is it used

In this article, our Head of Research, Philip Brown, summarises what BBSW is, how it behaves, and what is meant by bank bills, BBSY, swaps and benchmarks. The Bank Bill Swap Rate, commonly known as BBSW, is the most common measure of short-dated interest rates in Australia. Strictly speaking, it is the rate at which Australia’s prime banks borrow money for short periods, like three months or six months. BBSW is normally near, but just above, the RBA cash rate.

Macroeconomic Questions and Answers

As part of the recent FIIG webinar on the Macroeconomic Outlook, we opened the (digital) floor to questions. Working on the theory that if one person is curious enough to publicly ask the question, a lot more people are curious enough to know the answer, we present the questions from that webinar with answers written by FIIG’s Head of Research, Philip Brown.

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Wholesale Sample Portfolios Update – February 2024

A month is a long time in markets, and it’s been at least that long since we updated the portfolios. It’s also been the summer holidays domestically which means a quiet time, and this has definitely been the case apart from one spike of activity around the new Santander bond. In the run up to Christmas interest rates fell quite a long way as the end of the hiking cycle got some investors excited. Since then, the story has been a reversion of this excitement as some of the cuts began to be priced out again and yields rose.

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The Benefits of a Portfolio Risk Review

FIIG’s Investment Strategy Team conducts an annual review of client portfolios, in addition to portfolio reviews carried out throughout the year. This assists clients to better understand the construction of their portfolios to make more insightful investment decisions.

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