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Bond yields have been rising and fixed income investing is gaining advocates. But not all income funds are in the right position to take advantage. Pendal’s head of income strategies Amy Xie Patrick explains why in this seven-minute podcast. Find out more about Pendal's fixed income strategies at pend.al/fixedinterest Pendal is an independent, global asset manager. Find out more at pendalgro...

It's now clear that the humanitarian tragedy unfolding in Ukraine is a major inflection point in history, says Pendal Global Select Fund co-manager Chris Lees  in this fast podcast. "Number one, obviously it's a tragic humanitarian disaster," says Chris. "Because it's such a geopolitical inflection point, this is also a genuine financial market regime shift. "With such a great big genuine fin...

Markets have now anticipated a lot of rate hikes over the next year or two. How does that affect bond-buying decisions today? Pendal’s head of government bond strategies TIM HEXT explains in this fast podcast. Edited excerpt: "There's a view that US cash rates will peak towards the end of next year somewhere between 2.5% and 3%. "So a lot of hikes are priced in, which means if you buy a bond...

The Australian Real Estate Investment Trust sector had a good reporting season for the December half. But we’re seeing significant change in retail behaviour, Pendal portfolio manager Julia Forrest explains in this fast podcast. Julia is a portfolio manager with Pendal’s Australian Equities team. Julia has managed Pendal’s property trust portfolios for more than a decade and has...

In times like these how should investors think about their global equities portfolio? Hunker down? Buy the dips? Sell? In this fast podcast Pendal Global Select Fund co-manager Chris Lees explains his approach. Chris Lees co-manages Pendal Global Select Fund, which has for many years been one of the most successful investment strategies offered by Pendal Group’s UK-based asset manager, J O H...

Investors should be looking to upweight bonds in their portfolios for a medium-to-long term outlook, argues Pendal’s head of government bond strategies TIM HEXT in this fast podcast. Excerpt: "We're now seeing 10-year bond yields get back towards 2.5%. "I think that's important because most asset allocators are underweight bonds. "Bonds of course are still a defensive instrument. And if we d...

The volatile start to 2022 is bringing opportunity in global equities. In this fast podcast, Pendal’s NUDGEM RICHYAL, co-manager of Pendal Global Select Fund, explains how he is approaching the market. An excerpt: "You want to sharpen your pencil because there might be some early birthday presents through this year, as my co-manager Chris Lees would say. "Some of these stocks actually have p...

The trend [in yields] has "definitely been changing", says Amy Xie Patrick, Pendal Australia’s Head of Income Strategies. "What you've been seeing is not only that nominal yields have been rising, but real yields have also started to rise." What does that mean for investors? "The rise in real yields really reflects at an economic level, a sense that the market is expecting growth to start to...

Impact investing – which aims to make money while also generating a measurable positive impact in society – went mainstream in 2021. What role will impact investments play in portfolios this year? Listen to a quick overview from Regnan’s head of impact investing Tim Crockford. Tim leads Regnan’s Equity Impact Solutions team and is senior fund manager of Regnan Global Equity...

Crispin Murray  is Pendal’s Head of Equities. He has more than 27 years of investment experience and leads one of the largest equities teams in Australia. Find out more about Crispin's Pendal Focus Australian Share Fund at pend.al/focus. An excerpt from this podcast: "I think the more speculative end of the market could be challenged this year (2022), if we don't see inflation falling a...

Chris Lees co-manages JOHCM Global Select Fund, which has for many years been one of the most successful investment strategies offered by Pendal Group’s UK-based asset manager, J O Hambro Capital Management. In 2021 the fund became available to Australian investors as Pendal Global Select Fund . In this fast podcast, Chris speaks about the outlook for global equities. He covers investment le...

When inflation is low and inflation expectations are steady, the macro landscape is fairly predictable, says Amy Xie Patrick, Pendal’s Head of Income Strategies. "It's predictable how growth is going to pan out and how inflation is going to pan out – and therefore how policy makers are going to react. "But when inflation is rising, policy makers can sometimes be caught on the back foot...

“By the time the Reserve Bank is actually tightening rates, the market has already factored that in. And that’s what we’ve seen this year,” says Tim Hext, head of government bond strategies at Pendal. “But I think it’s fair to expect bond yields to finish next year slightly higher than where they are now. The market is looking for official rates to be around 75...

China’s property-led economic slowdown shows no sign of ending. Here Pendal portfolio manager Amy Xie Patrick explains what that means for Australian investors. The property sector is at the heart of what's been driving the Chinese economy over the past decade. But Beijing is trying to rein in debt levels and appears to have a growing acceptance of slower economic growth for the world’...

Issuance of green and social (or "impact") bonds more than doubled in 2021 but demand is still outstripping supply says George Bishay, portfolio manager with Pendal’s Income and Fixed Interest team. Impact bonds provide a financial return as well as a positive impact on the environment or society.  “If you are able to get hold of them, they perform very well in the secondary marke...

Carbon credits and futures can provide higher returns and a smoother investment journey with positive benefits for the planet. Pendal senior portfolio manager STUART ELIOT explains how in this fast podcast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Investors can expect "green innovation" opportunities to accelerate after the COP26 climate change conference because more countries are seeing that it makes good economic sense, says Regnan’s Maxime Le Floch in this fast podcast.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

9 November 2021 When it comes to movement on interest rates, the big question right now is whether the markets or the central banks have it right. Pendal portfolio manager Amy Xie Patrick explains in this fast podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2 November 2021 Most of Earth’s global CO2 emissions are now covered by net zero targets, which means big new markets are forming. Regnan impact investment analyst MAXIME LE FLOCH explains in this short podcast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

26 October 2021 In this fast podcast, Pendal's head of multi-asset Michael Blayney takes investors on a whistle-stop tour of the major asset classes and gives his view on where to find value right now in equities, credit, bonds and listed property. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

20 October 2021 Julia Forrest has managed Pendal's property trust portfolios for more than a decade. In this fast podcast, Julia explains the strong outlook for Australian retail property – and even office space – as Australia rolls out of the 2021 Covid lock-downs and looks forward to a much-anticipated Summer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12 October 2021 Stagflation is a buzzword in global markets at the moment. Is it really back to the 1970s? And what would that mean for investors? Pendal portfolio manager Amy Xie Patrick explains in this fast podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

6 October 2021 What are the major factors driving global equities investments right now? And which plays should investors be considering in this asset class? Here's a quick snapshot from Pendal's head of global equities, Ashley Pittard. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

29 September 2021 Think impact investing is only about solving problems in less-developed nations? You might be surprised to find opportunities in the developed world. In this brief podcast, Regnan’s Tim Crockford briefly explains what impact investing is, where the opportunities lie and the impact of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. See omnystudio.com/li...