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White papersECB QE Monitor - January 2021
In December, the ECB bought €57.2bn under the PEPP and €21.1bn under the APP.
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How private corporate debt can help pension schemes meet their long-term goals
Lately, there has been renewed interest to get deals done and enter into negotiations on new investments as private credit markets re-open following a period of relative stability and reduced volatility in publicly-traded markets.
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Global IG: Don’t Underestimate Changed Behaviours
We came into 2020 on the back of one of the longest expansion phases ever, with increasingly loose monetary policy extending the growth cycle. Because of that growth and low interest rates, companies had been gearing up and corporate leverage was actually relatively high going into the pandemic.
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Awash in Liquidity: Stress-Testing Corporate Balance Sheets
The next stage of the recovery may put increased stress on some sectors and many firms…
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GIS Euro Corporate Short Term Bond | Q&A with the Fund manager
Year to date the strategy is outperforming the Barclays Capital Euro Corporate 1-3 Year Index by +2.66%* proving its ability to navigate rough waters while maintaining alpha-generating ideas
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Blog | Getting negative about negative interest rates?
Central banks have welcomed the news about a recent COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough. However, implementation risks remain on vaccines, and a more flexible policy armory may still be required because monetary policy initiatives, since the COVID-19 crisis, have closely followed the GFC playbook.
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Factor Investing and ESG in the Corporate Bond Market Before and During the COVID-19 Crisis
The objective of this paper is to illustrate the factor investing space in corporate bonds before and during the COVID-19 crisis and is the natural extension of our prior analysis on both the new alternative credit factors and the ESG integration in credit.
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Corporate Hybrids Come of Age
We believe the nearly €200 billion corporate hybrid market just got its first true test—and passed with flying colors.
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Blog | Annual index industry survey reveals 3.05 million total indexes and 40.2% growth in ESG space
For the fourth year running, the Index Industry Association (IIA), a trade organization for independent index providers, has quantified the global index universe, compiling data from its 16 member firms, including FTSE Russell.
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Blog | The bond ETF liquidity crisis that never was
Fears about the liquidity of bond markets have kept investors and regulators awake at night since the freezing of credit markets signalled the start of the Great Financial Crisis.
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Reducing Downside Risk with ESG - The case of the US Corporate Index
Bloomberg Portfolio and Index Research has published a series of reports on the impact of applying ESG considerations to major Bloomberg Barclays Corporate Bond Indices (the US Corp and Euro Corp Investment Grade indices and the Global High Yield Corp index.
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Managing Downside Risk with ESG - The case of the Global High Yield Index
In this note we continue our investigation of the impact of ESG considerations on the downside risk of fixed income portfolios benchmarked to Bloomberg Barclays indices, following our recent article on US Investment Grade corporate bonds
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Fixed-income investing 2020: Making moves with intention
Fixed-income investments have been the anchor of most portfolios in 2020.
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Market Perspectives: Covid paralysis recedes as political risk rises
Even after the large risk rally in summer and despite the persistent spreading of Covid-19, equities advanced fast in August (MSCI World up by another 6.6%), helped by recovering data, better-than-expected earnings and vaccine hopes.
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Softening high-yield fundamentals signal caution following Q2 rebound
In this Q&A, the Eaton Vance high-yield team offers its perspectives on the rebound in high-yield corporate bonds in Q2, the role of the Fed and what’s ahead for the high-yield market.
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Blog | Crisis? What crisis? USD corporate bond liquidity since COVID
The COVID-19 crisis has impacted nearly all asset classes, and USD corporate bonds have not been spared. As the mid-March 2020 market volatility affected USD corporate bond prices, it also compromised their liquidity. While these spikes in liquidity costs occurred across the USD corporate bond asset class, we found the level of impact—and the path to returning to pre-crisis levels—varied across credit rating and sectors.
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Separating the wheat from the chaff in fixed income
Like most things in life, investing has its ups and downs. Prudent investors, especially those worried about losing money, but also people who prefer stability to volatility, often choose to invest in bonds – lending money to companies, governments and other entities for, hopefully, a consistent return.
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The relevance of gold as a strategic asset - UK edition
Gold benefits from diverse sources of demand: as an investment, a reserve asset, a luxury good and a technology component. It is highly liquid, no one’s liability, carries no credit risk, and is scarce, historically preserving its value over time.
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The relevance of gold as a strategic asset - US edition
Gold benefits from diverse sources of demand: as an investment, a reserve asset, a luxury good and a technology component. It is highly liquid, no one’s liability, carries no credit risk, and is scarce, historically preserving its value over time.
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An opportune time for insurers to invest in Asian corporate debt
Many insurance investors have responded to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis by taking a defensive stance in hopes of protecting their capital. While this response is a natural one, we believe many would be better served by taking this opportunity to refine their portfolios. Improving diversification across geographies and sectors reduces the risk of credit rating downgrades for long-term investors and limits future strain on P&L and solvency capital requirements.
