All Corporate Bonds articles – Page 19
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White papersAsian fixed income: can Asian buyers conquer all?
2016 will be remembered for its political events and Asia contributed its fair share. The shock of Brexit and the US presidential election added to the uneasiness that prevailed throughout the year.
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White papersCross Asset Investment Strategy: February 2017
The rise in long-term interest rates raises a crucial question: is it a change in regime, a change in level, or a correction within a band of fluctuation that will remain low? The purpose of this article is to answer this question.
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White papersOur Convictions: February 2017
The election of D. Trump to the presidency of the United States had several major consequences on the financial markets
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White papersCross Asset Investment Strategy: January 2017
As 2017 begins, it is helpful to take stock of the key issues coming into focus.
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White papersCross Asset: 2017 and beyond
In an ultra-low or even negative interest rate environment, maintaining an overweight stance in emerging market assets (equities, debt and currencies), in credit (vs. government bonds) still makes sense, while continuing our search for yield and spreads.
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White papersSmarter beta: Multi-factor investing for corporate credit
Olivier Laplénie finds that smart beta fixed income for corporate debt is best informed by a subtle combination of bond and equity indicators
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White papersMind the gap: Overcoming the cognitive barriers to saving for retirement
In this paper, Chris Wagstaff considers how reasonably simple behavioural interventions can be used by policymakers, regulators and the pensions community to improve saving decisions.
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White papers[Summary] What constitutes a first class pensions system? Adopting a global perspective of what defines a good retirement outcome
In this paper, Chris Wagstaff takes a comprehensive look at pension systems worldwide; identifying those enduring principles with universal application that characterise an ideal pensions system and ultimately contribute to that all-important holy grail: generating a comfortable retirement for savers.
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White papers[Full paper] What constitutes a first class pensions system? Adopting a global perspective of what defines a good retirement outcome
In this paper, Chris Wagstaff takes a comprehensive look at pension systems worldwide; identifying those enduring principles with universal application that characterise an ideal pensions system and ultimately contribute to that all-important holy grail: generating a comfortable retirement for savers.
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White papersEmerging market corporate bonds offer sustainable opportunities
Emerging market (EM) corporate bonds and sustainability may seem like an unusual combination at first glance.
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White papersBrexit: Panel Discussion
Mark Burgess, Chief Investment Officer, EMEA, and Global Head of Equities, discusses the short and medium-term impacts of the UK referendum vote to Leave the European Union.
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Hybrid bonds – attractive opportunities for superior returns
The European Central Bank (ECB)’s March meeting once more confirmed that traditional fixed-income investments no longer generate much-needed excess returns in a climate characterised by cheap central bank liquidity.
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Style Investing in Fixed Income Markets
A disciplined, systematic approach to over/underweight securities based on well-known factors, or styles, such as value, momentum, carry and defensive, can offer alternative sources of outperformance not only within equities, where these ideas have long been studied and applied, but also within fixed income markets.
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White papersPreferred Securities: an Oasis in the Fixed Income Desert?
Following the global financial crisis, the restructuring and recapitalization of financial firms have made banks and insurance companies an attractive sector for fixed income investors.
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Managing cash flow risks with greater confidence using fixed income
As pension schemes mature many are reaching the tipping point at which payments to retirees exceed contributions and income from investment. Insight Investment’s Olaf John highlights how secured finance investments can help pension schemes manage cash flows while generating growth
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Generating returns and managing volatility: the absolute return approach to convertible bonds (October 2015)
The past months have been characterised by an unprecedented low rate environment coupled with unprecedented monetary easing policies. The continuous search for yield has pushed institutional investors out of their comfort zone, having to further diversify, to rethink their investment approach and risk budgets within a context of asset allocation ...
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Debt, distortion and navigating credit markets
Markets have been distorted by unprecedented central bank intervention. In spite of talk of policy normalisation, the burden of debt is a significant constraint. Finding opportunities in credit markets will require innovative investment approaches, writes Insight Investment’s Head of Credit, Alex Veroude
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Convertible Bonds: An attractive asset class in today’s environment
Convertibles are hybrid securities combining features of both bonds and equities with the capability to give investors access to “best of both worlds”. In today’s volatile equity markets and low interest rate environment, they are particularly interesting.
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Investing in bonds in today's market environment
Interview with Guillaume Rigeade and Eliezer Ben Zimra, Fund managers, EdR Bond Allocation
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From hero to zero and beyond: The investment implications of negative yields
Negative yields are seldom mentioned in economic and finance textbooks. But now that the central banks of Denmark, the eurozone, Sweden and Switzerland have set official rates below zero, investors are having to grapple with negative yields for short-dated, and indeed, some longer-maturity fixed income instruments.
