Yield Hunters

Join us as we speak with Mr Chue En Yaw, Chief Investment Officer at Azalea Investment Management on the Astrea Bonds. With interest rates at record highs, how does the macro environment today impact the Astrea Bonds and its investors? Listen on as Mr Chue shares more on the Astrea Bonds’ performance and the various structural safeguards which lends it credit strength and resilience. 

The 60/40 portfolio is intended to generate returns while minimising risk. Following a difficult year for both stocks and bonds, should investors still follow the 60/40 approach? 

The strong demand for Singapore government bonds reflects how soaring inflation is driving investors to search for ways to protect their capital. As people look to strengthen their portfolios by investing in low-risk bonds, what else can we look at apart from the government securities?

Distressed debt investors were picking up the bonds of China Evergrande Group when the embattled developer sparked concerns over its cash crunch. Why are people buying into these bonds? We’ll find out in this episode as we speak to Pang Kuan Weng from Azimut Investment Management.

Given that Chinese property developer Logan Group failed to make its interest payments and hence defaulted, what will happen to its projects in Singapore? In this episode, we explore the options homebuyers have in such situations. 

Singapore introduced the governance framework for sovereign green bonds that set the stage for its first such issuance. In this episode, we speak with Saurabh from EY-Parthenon to discuss more on the framework, where he shares insights on how corporates and investors can cope with the green transition.

What are dim sum bonds, and why do they exist? In our new podcast episode, we explore the Chinese bond market, demand for CNH bonds and look at the growth opportunities for dim sum bonds.

As widely expected, the August tranche of Singapore Savings Bonds (SSB) was oversubscribed, surging 85% higher than the already-popular July tranche. If you hit the quantity ceiling, what alternatives can you look at? Singapore Government Securities (SGS) could be a good option. Tune in to hear guest speaker, Gerald Wong, Founder of Beansprout debate with our Senior Fixed Income Analyst Lim Teng Chong over which is better.

Can bitcoin + bond = an equation that works? We invited Alvin Chow, the CEO and Founder of Dr. Wealth, to discuss El Salvador’s bond that is slated to be issued as a tokenized security on Blockstream’s Liquid network. 

The Singdollar bond market has seen a lot of new issuances lately, particularly in April as issuers priced new bonds ahead of the Fed rate hike in May. Will it still be as busy moving forward? We speak with Fixed Income Analyst Wang Hoong Wei from iFAST Singapore for trends that investors can look out for.