Emerging markets a ‘sweet spot’ for fixed income
Emerging market bond funds are the “sweet spot” when it comes to the search for fixed income yield, according to BlackRock.
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Emerging market bond funds are the “sweet spot” when it comes to the search for fixed income yield, according to BlackRock.
Bespoke private assets covering range of short term and long term securities can have attractive ‘illiquidity premiums’ due to the structure of the debt, according to a fixed income-focused fund selector.
Skittish investment in high yield bonds and robust demand for emerging market debt led the action by European bond funds over the last year. Will this trend continue?
BMO Global Asset Management has expanded its socially-responsible fund range with the launch of a Euro corporate bond fund.
Frontier market funds are leading Europe’s emerging market fund pack with Charlemagne’s frontier market offering at the top, according to FE Analytics.
European high yield bonds are likely to be less attractive this year after a strong performance in 2017, due to high valuations and liquidity risk, argues David Gaud, chief investment officer Asia for Pictet Wealth Management.
More needs to be done by the big three credit ratings agencies to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns into their issuer ratings, according to Neuberger Berman.
Bonds have been an unloved asset class of late as investors’ mad scramble for yield has pushed the cost to unpalatable highs and they sought safety in cash, but does an impeding equity market correction mean that is set to change?
Investors were bracing for the worst when the Swiss Re Cat Bond Index plummeted 15% in the wake of hurricane Irma. But the unprecedented damage caused could actually be a blessing in disguise for the asset class.
Axa Investment Managers has launched a China short duration bond fund, which aims to give investors exposure to the 56trn (€7trn)renminbi bond market.
The unwinding of the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing programme is very likely to see credit spreads widening with an impact on other assets well beyond US treasuries says Chris Iggo, chief investment officer fixed Income, Axa Investment Managers.
Emerging market bonds have been on a strong run this year, and Europe’s investors think the rally isn’t over yet.