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The Australian economy looks to have avoided a worst-case outcome, but with more than 1.5 million people officially unemployed and many more supported by JobKeeper, the road to recovery will require bold action. One suggestion has been reducing the RBA cash rate below zero. Notwithstanding the...

19 June, 2020

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15 June, 2020

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/m2_Lp5y0bO8"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1576128392640{padding-top: 64px !important;padding-bottom: 32px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview April saw a dispersion of returns in credit markets. While credit spreads were wider, this was concentrated in the non-financial corporate sector which...

14 May, 2020

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CpyHIFOtDw&feature=youtu.be"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1576128392640{padding-top: 64px !important;padding-bottom: 32px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview Fund performance was down on the quarter, amidst the most challenging market conditions in decades Although our duration stance added some value, this...

16 April, 2020

Getting our news straight from the source, we sat down with Mark Mitchell and Justin Tyler, Portfolio Managers of our suite of fixed income funds (ECAS, ECOR and EMAX) to ask them how recent volatility has impacted credit markets.  So, what has happened? A decade of...

19 March, 2020

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10 March, 2020

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv-3bgVaW_Q"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1576128392640{padding-top: 64px !important;padding-bottom: 32px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview January 2020 marked a reversal of December 2019, with interest rates falling significantly as a result of risk-off sentiment The coronavirus-related fall in...

13 February, 2020

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17 January, 2020

As Father’s day approaches this weekend, the eInvest team made a realisation. Our Dad influenced each of our first investments. It seems that we don’t just inherit our Dad’s hair colour, height or football team, but we often inherit our Dad’s values, ideas and approaches when...

30 August, 2019