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News, views and market insight from the Yarra Capital Management team.
We value research, insight and analysis that helps us identify the best opportunities for superior and sustainable returns over the longer term. Our distinctive investment approach capitalises on viewpoints from both our equity and fixed income teams. Read their perspectives on markets, trends and opportunities in local and global markets here.
Amidst a volatile macro environment, Roy Keenan (Co-Head of Australian Fixed Income) outlines where tightening spreads, elevated yields and shifting rate dynamics are creating compelling risk‑adjusted opportunities for credit investors.
5 MINUTE watch
Australian microcaps remain one of the equity market's most inefficient segments, which is exactly why disciplined investors should be paying attention. Joel Fleming (Portfolio Manager, Microcap Equities) walks through seven compelling reasons to consider investing in microcaps.
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The Australian economy is slowing more quickly than policymakers anticipated, with tightening financial conditions, weakening confidence and rising unemployment pointing to a material shift in the cycle. Tim Toohey (Head of Macro and Strategy) details why the RBA’s growth and inflation assumptions are increasingly being challenged.
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Yields are rising, issuance is strong, and credit spreads are tightening—but what does this mean for investors today? In this note, Phil Strano (Head of Australian Credit Research) explores how these forces are reshaping the Australian credit market, why income has re-emerged as the dominant driver of returns, and where risks may be building beneath the surface.
5 MINUTE read
New data suggest the Australian economy is losing momentum faster than expected, with unemployment rising and growth slowing ahead of recent shocks. With inflation pressures contained and policy tightening already biting, Tim Toohey (Head of Macro and Strategy) believes the case for an RBA pivot is strengthening.
12 MINUTE read
Australia’s economy is already operating on a knife’s edge. With sweeping proposed changes to property taxation and capital gains, the question is no longer IF conditions will tighten—but how far the ripple effects could go. From housing and consumption to capital flows and the structure of the ASX, the unintended consequences may be far more profound than anticipated.
7 MINUTE read
Fixed income is back in focus—and for the first time in years, investors can access equity-like returns with significantly less risk. Roy Keenan (Co-Head of Australian Fixed Income) explains why yields north of 6% are just the starting point.
15 MINUTE watch
Small and microcap companies continue to face into macro breeze, but Joel Fleming (Portfolio Manager, Microcap Equities) believes that a powerful capex cycle driven by AI, data centres and electrification, is creating a compelling offset.
5 MINUTE watch
Tim Toohey (Head of Macro and Strategy) assesses the impact of the 2026-27 Budget, and the risk that in the attempt to engender inter-generational fairness that new distortions are created that ultimately could lead to lower capital investment and lower economic growth.
20 MINUTE read
While rate hikes, inflation, and budget uncertainty have dampened the spirits of many equity investors, there's always opportunity somewhere within Australian microcaps. Joel Fleming catches up with The Rules of Investing podcast to share where he's searching for the leaders of tomorrow.
45 MINUTE listen
Tim Toohey (Head of Macro and Strategy) makes the case why the RBA is likely at the top of its hiking cycle, assesses implications for the RBA of a very different regime under a Warsh-led Federal Reserve and wonders out loud whether a new era is now upon us for central banking: an age of robots.
13 MINUTE read
Recent subordinated note issuance highlights a recurring challenge for credit investors: being exposed to equity‑like risk without any participation in equity-like upside. Phil Strano (Head of Australian Credit Research) details why declining seemingly attractive deals can prove the most important aspect of security selection.
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