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It is almost taken for granted by investors that one should be paid for lending money to a third party. Yet as central banks around the world struggle to ’normalise’...

Despite the sharp correction in precious metal prices last Friday, it has been a strong start to 2020 for gold, with the yellow metal rising by 12.99% in AUD terms,...

2019 has been unusual in that both equity and bond markets have rallied strongly against a backdrop of solid economic growth. Commentators have repeatedly cited the...

With bond prices going parabolic in the past few weeks (FIG 1), once again market participants are wondering whether the “bond market is in a bubble”. That concern...

The Australian fixed income market has enjoyed strong gains over the last twelve months with the benchmark 10year government bond rallying 11.50% YTD and 19.85% over...