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.
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ANALYSIS: Fixed maturity funds – Has the opportunity passed?
2016 saw some highly successful launches of fixed maturity bond funds as investors took the opportunity to lock in attractive yields combined with reduced duration risk. But are such products still worth buying now, with credit spreads having sunk below their long-time average?
Is the EMD buying spree going to hold this time?
Saudi Arabia’s record debt sale last week showed that emerging market bonds remain in strong demand with yield-hungry investors. However, the question is whether appetite could reverse as quickly as it has in the past.
Emerging market debt – a reversal of fortunes
Investors are fleeing from emerging market debt, and optimism for any recovery in the near term is low, particularly for local currency government bonds.
Fund buyer split on high yield bonds
Investors are in disagreement about whether high yield bonds are a good buy now. A quarter of European fund buyers plan to increase their allocation in the next 12 months, but an almost equally big share of them intend to decrease exposure. Fund flows have also been capricious of late.
Swiss put all cards on high yield bonds
In Switzerland, there are more investors planning to increase exposure to high-yield bonds than to all other fixed income categories combined.
Fund Favourites – Omar Gadsby
In this new series, we ask a fund selector to pick one of his favourite funds and tell us what makes it so good. We kick off with Omar Gadsby, who chose to highlight the Muzinich Long Short Credit Yield Fund.
Inflation-linked bond flows: up and down with the oil price
As the eurozone has been flirting with deflation this year, appetite for inflation-linked bonds has been understandably lacklustre. However, as the oil price started a surprise ascent in April, interest in the asset class rose accordingly. With the oil price now below $50 again, investors are once again abandoning the asset class.
“We need bond managers who can implement a short idea” – Omar Gadsby, part 2 of 2
Omar Gadsby, head of fund selection at Credit Suisse, tells EIE’s Tjibbe Hoekstra where in fixed income markets he still finds value
The bumpy bond road
Benchmark 10-year bond yields in the Eurozone have more than doubled since the end of April, when they reached an all-time low. Are we now simply witnessing a correction after markets overshot in the wake of the ECB’s bond-buying programme, or is this the beginning of a serious bond bear market as deflation worries have started to fade?
