Market Insight
Macro in Minutes: Two experts. One take.
September 10, 2025
We know how hard it can be to stay across the macro headlines while managing portfolios and clients. That’s why we’ve launched Macro in Minutes, a quick, no-nonsense market update from the JCB team.
In this first episode (4:55 minutes), Charlie Jamieson (Chief Investment Officer) and Vijay Murik (Portfolio Manager and newest member of the team) cut through the noise to share their update on:
- The US Fed and RBA: Why US rate cuts are likely and how they could influence the RBA.
- Global peers: What Canada and New Zealand tell us about the limits of monetary policy in reviving the economy.
- 30-year bonds: Why the long end of the curve is behaving differently, and what it means for investors.
- Big picture: Inflation expectations, politics, and fiscal sustainability across the globe.
The takeaway?
Despite the noise, the overall direction is toward lower policy rates globally. For investors, that sets up a more supportive environment:
- Bond returns: Lower rates typically mean falling yields, which boost bond prices and total returns. Longer-dated government bonds in particular could benefit if rate cuts are deeper or more prolonged than expected, compressing risk premia.
- Broader asset markets: Easier monetary conditions generally boost risk appetite, supporting equities, credit and alternative assets, while also making financial conditions more accommodative.
- Portfolio construction: This environment reinforces the value of maintaining quality fixed income exposure as both a diversifier and a stable source of income and potential capital gains.
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For further information and before investing, please read the Product Disclosure Statement and Target Market Determination which is available from www.channelcapital.com.au
This information is supplied on the following conditions which are expressly accepted and agreed to by each interested party (‘Recipient’). This information contains general financial product advice only and has been prepared without taking into account the objectives, financial situation or needs of any particular person. It is intended solely for wholesale clients (including sophisticated investors) as defined under sections 761G and 761GA of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). JCB is not licensed in Australia to provide financial product advice or other financial services to retail investors.
The information provided should not be considered personal advice, a recommendation, or an offer to invest in the Funds. Recipients should not rely on this information in making investment decisions. A Recipient should, before making any investment decisions, consider the appropriateness of the information, and seek professional advice.
Neither JCB, Channel, CIML or their representatives and respective employees or officers (collectively, ‘the Beneficiaries’) make any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to accuracy, reliability or completeness of this information or subsequently provided to the Recipient or its advisers by any of the Beneficiaries, including, without limitation, any historical financial information, the estimates and projections and any other financial information derived there from, and nothing contained in this information is, or shall be relied upon, as a promise or representation, whether as to the past or the future. All investments contain risk. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.
For further information and before investing, please read the Product Disclosure Statement and Target Market Determination which is available from www.channelcapital.com.au
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