
What We’re Watching: The swing factor in house prices that no one is talking about – January 2023
We discuss the impact that house price formations during COVID had on reducing vacancy rates, even in the face of net outward migration.

21 (Plus 5) Questions for your Private Lending Manager
We revisit our 2019 piece, “21 Questions for your Private Debt Manager”, adding five new questions which we think are especially relevant today as we hope to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.

How transmission effects will shape your investing
Pete Robinson dives into the impact of rate hikes on various markets – from housing to credit and fixed income.

What We’re Watching: Market Review & Outlook – March 2022
We provide our perspective on public and private credit markets covering the first major risk off event since the COVID-19 pandemic commenced in 2020 and discussing the implications of the sharpest increase in interest rates in recent memory.

The battle between capital and labour and its crucial impact on inflation
We explore changing dynamics in labour markets, questioning whether the multi-decade decline in labour as a share of the economy is over and if so, what implications this may have for financial markets.

Right now, it makes sense to sit on the credit fence
At the Portfolio Construction Forum Markets Summit 2022, Pete Robinson, Head of Investment Strategy, discussed why it makes sense to sit on the credit fence right now.

Part 2: Public and private – perfecting the blend
In part two of our recent article, “Public & Private – perfecting the blend” we examine how co-mingling public and private credit in a single portfolio can be an attractive investment.

Part 1: Public and private – perfecting the blend
Fixed income markets have changed dramatically over the past decade. We look at how investors have adjusted their approach and why co-mingling public and private credit in a portfolio can help maximise returns.

A very substantial private lending opportunity, right now
Pete Robinson introduces the CIPAM Credit Income Fund and discusses opportunities in Australia’s diverse private lending market.

Mortgage holders could be in for a shock as the next rate hike looms
We explore the flow-on impact of fixed rate mortgages resetting to potentially much higher levels.

What’s Hot And What’s Not – CIPAM Quarterly Report
Our quarterly around-the-grounds perspective on public and private credit markets.

What We’re Watching: This time is different
While we remain in lockdown, we ask our investment teams why these lockdowns seem different and what’s expected in 2022 and beyond.