Livewire Q&A with Eileen Riley

In this Q&A with Livewire, Co-Portfolio Manager Eileen Riley discusses the outlook for credit and equity markets, the sectors and stocks benefiting from COVID-19, some recent changes to the portfolios, and a message to investors feeling anxious about the rest of 2020.

Webinar: Uncovering opportunities for Australian & Global equity portfolios

Join us for a webinar on Wednesday 3 June at 9:00am AEST to hear from Anton Tagliaferro and Eileen Riley as they discuss how they go about uncovering opportunities in Australian and Global equities.

Stock in Focus: Roper Technologies

Global Investing in a Pandemic

The response to the coronavirus pandemic has taken centre stage as governments, businesses and citizens around the world respond to this unprecedented health crisis. Economic activity has contracted sharply, a direct result of global shutdowns and travel bans, leaving many industries exposed and creating uncertainty. This paper outlines the Loomis Sayles Global Equity team's view on investing in the current environment.

Investment Outlook - April 2020

We believe the expansion phase of the credit cycle is over. Several countries are now heading into downturns, largely because of the demand shock from COVID-19. However, we have been impressed by the global monetary and fiscal policy response so far. We anticipate a broad rebound later this year on the back of meaningful stimulus recently put in place. Risk assets have already discounted much of the negative news to come and we are finding value across asset classes.

Jae Park and Michael Giles on the COVID-19 Crisis, Credit Cycle and Investing with Conviction

It’s been said before, but the truth is, this crisis appears to be very different than others we’ve experienced. It's not an asset bubble tied to exuberance, greed, default, fraud or mismanagement of a country, currencies or anything else in our man-made economic system. This crisis has potential for a much more severe impact because all non-essential economic activity has halted abruptly. The question is, where is the bottom? The answer depends on policy actions and how we all collectively handle this crisis.

Can the Fed Fix the Treasury Market?

When the world’s biggest debt market starts having major liquidity issues, investor panic rises to a whole new level. On March 12 and 13, after about a week of extraordinary dysfunction in the US Treasury market, the Federal Reserve issued a major crisis response, expanding Treasury purchases and repurchase operations to boost liquidity and shore up so-called risk-free assets. Will it be enough to fix the Treasury market? Here’s our take.

Big-Picture Insights from the Loomis Sayles Alpha Strategies Team

A few key insights from the Loomis Sayles’ Alpha Strategies team on current conditions, upcoming challenges and potential portfolio positioning and solutions.

Quick Takes on the Market and Economic Impact of the Coronavirus

Key takeaways from the Loomis Sayles' Research Teams on the market and economic impact of COVID-19.

Focusing On Stock Selection In Todays Market Environment

Until very recently global equity markets were being driven to record highs due to lower interest rates and a consensus that world growth would continue unimpeded while in the last two weeks we have witnessed a major correction driven by uncertainty about the impact of the coronavirus on world growth and corporate earnings growth.