In a recent interview with The Age/The Sydney Morning Herald reporter Lucy Battersby, FIIG Securities' Managing Director Jim Stening spoke on the unrecognised opportunity of fixed income in Australia, highlighted by market volatility caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and dividend payments being cut, delayed or cancelled.
Comparing the COVID-19 market crash to previous crisis events like the GFC and the 2000 dot com bust, Stening shed light that this time is different “I think the fall-out from this will be quite prolonged and material. There is no clear end in sight to the immediate threat of the virus,’’ he said.
Read the full story: '25 years overdue': Hopes coronavirus crisis will boost local bond market' – The Sydney Morning Herald
This article was also published in The Age, WA Today and Brisbane Times.