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Education Hub

IAM provides comprehensive guides, insightful articles, and expert-led webinars for both investors and professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of fixed income investments. Our resources cover a wide range of topics, from fundamental bond concepts to advanced strategies, equipping you with the tools and knowledge required to make informed decisions and navigate the dynamic fixed income market with confidence.

Welcome to your Fixed Income Education Hub, with comprehensive guides and expert insights.

Webinars

Bond Essentials

This webinar is an introduction to investing in the bond market. The areas covered include:

  • The oldest living bond
  • Key bond characteristics
  • Why invest in bonds?
  • Risk versus return
  • Three types of bonds
  • A simplified bank capital structure
  • Key risks
  • Ways to Invest

By completing this activity you will gain an understanding of why and how to invest in the bond market in Australia.

Enter your details to request our webinar questionnaire and earn 0.5 CPD hours

After submitting your details, you’ll receive a questionnaire about the webinar. Please answer all questions and return it to us to receive your CPD accreditation.

Expand Your Bond Knowledge

This webinar dives deeper and explains relevant concepts important to investing in bonds. The areas covered include:

  • Market expectations and ways to help you interpret its direction
  • Interest rate risk and duration
  • An extreme duration example
  • Yield and spread
  • Credit ratings
  • Asset backed securities
  • Building a bond portfolio

By completing this activity you will learn what factors are important to consider when investing in the bond market in Australia.

Enter your details to request our webinar questionnaire and earn 0.25 CPD hours

After submitting your details, you’ll receive a questionnaire about the webinar. Please answer all questions and return it to us to receive your CPD accreditation.

Perspectives of a Reformed Regulator

In this webinar, Danielle Press — former regulator, current superannuation chair, non-executive Director of Income Asset Management and experienced financial markets professional — shares candid reflections on the evolution of Australia’s financial advice industry.

Drawing from three decades of experience, she outlines the industry’s transformation, from diverse advisory models to consolidation within banks, leading to conflicts of interest and the subsequent Hayne Royal Commission.

In this session, she discusses:

  • The impact of regulatory reform
  • Fragmentation post-Hayne Royal Commission
  • The role of income assets in both the accumulation and retirement phases
  • The emerging dominance of superannuation funds in advice delivery
  • The shifting responsibilities of financial advisers in ensuring client outcomes.

Enter your details to request our webinar questionnaire and earn 0.75 CPD hours

After submitting your details, you’ll receive a questionnaire about the webinar. Please answer all questions and submit the form to receive your CPD accreditation.