All Credit articles – Page 10
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What’s in Store for US Insurers in 2023?
Insurers’ risk controls and investment skills faced stiff tests in 2022, as both inflation and interest rates skyrocketed and nearly every asset class endured a sharp selloff. With traditional diversification approaches failing, investors had nowhere to hide.
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10 investment themes for 2023
Although many investors are expecting a return to normal after inflation subsides and central banks stop raising interest rates, we believe markets are undergoing significant changes and it might be necessary to reset expectations in this new environment.
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Fixed Income: Securitized sectors outlook and opportunities
Fixed income is once again offering income, leading to attractive risk-adjusted return profiles in some segments of securitized sectors. As investors look to take advantage of higher yields, securitized sectors can offer not only income opportunities, but also uncorrelated returns and diversification benefits.
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Hard to Ignore: Risk/Return Profiles of Private Credit and Senior Private Credit
The size of the private debt market currently stands at an estimated $1.2 trillion. And with private credit AUM increasing over 10% annually for the past decade, Hamilton Lane believes that the opportunity for future investment remains robust.
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Podcast
The Investment Podcast: European High Yield – changing perceptions
To what extent do European High Yield markets represent good value at the moment and is now an attractive entry point?
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Podcast
All The Credit, Ep. 36 - Navigating Default Lines
Insights on credit fundamental trends and vulnerabilities across the asset class, along with outlooks on defaults and loss expectations.
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Will US rates peak at 5.5%, as markets expect?
In the latest instalment of Simply put, where we make macro calls with a multi-asset perspective, we ask whether markets are underestimating how much the Federal Reserve could raise rates.
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Fasten your seatbelts
We summarise key dynamics at play in credit markets and explore how best to capitalise on the bumps that are creating the beginnings of another fertile special situations investment environment.
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Private credit – from niche to mainstream?
For more than a decade, both corporate and consumer borrowers benefited from low interest rates and a very low cost of capital. As the global economic backdrop continues to adjust to the activity of central banks and the uncertain geopolitical backdrop, investors are seeking ways to ensure that their portfolios are adequately positioned in order to meet their long-term risk and performance goals, write Jo Waldron and Karen Lam at M&G Investments.
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360° fixed income report Q1 2023: Inflation, disinflation, inflection
In the latest edition of our 360° report, the team reflect on what has been a promising start for fixed income in 2023. Can the rally sustain, has too much of the good news already been priced in, and what will shape the narrative over the course of this year?
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Politics, Deficits and the Debt Limit
We firmly believe that Congress will ultimately raise the debt limit, but it’s worth remembering that political drama affects markets.
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Blog
A Fresh Approach to Analyzing Bank Capital Bonds
2022’s volatility taught investors that, to certain bank issuers and regulators, the economics of voluntary bond redemptions outweigh the reputational cost of not calling bank capital securities.
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Non-Investment Grade Defaults: Up From the Lows, but Contained
With defaults rising off of all-time lows, but likely remaining well below recession norms, we remain constructive on high yield and non-investment grade credit.
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Why Does Private Credit Remain a Compelling Investment Opportunity vs High Yield Bonds in the Current Economic Environment?
As the U.S and Europe transition into a new era of tighter monetary policy, higher interest rates have had dramatic consequences across virtually all asset classes. Bonds were amongst the hardest hit given the interest rate risk inherent with any fixed payment security.
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Podcast
The Investment Podcast: What does good ESG in ABS look like?
The evolution and implementation of ESG across asset classes has not been homogenous. While there is a development of good outputs for corporates and equities, there has been less of a focus on ABS. This episode considers how ESG in ABS differs and asks: What does good look like?
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Why Securitized & Why Now: $12.5 Trillion Market Goes on Sale
Today’s securitized market presents a rare opportunity to add diversification via an asset class with the potential to provide defensive opportunities with outsized returns.
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Video
The Credit Call: strategies update, February 2023
Fraser Lundie, CFA, Head of Fixed Income – Public Markets, Orla Garvey, Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager and Anna Chong, Deputy Head of Corporate Credit Research provide an update on the current opportunity set and why current market conditions bode well for credit investors in 2023.
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Fixed Income Themes for 2023: The Return Of Market Discipline
We think the next 12 months are likely to see this cycle’s peaks in inflation, policy tightening, bond yields and market volatility; and troughs in GDP growth, earnings growth and market valuations. But don’t see the pendulum swinging back to the post-2008 “new normal”.
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How liquid is the green bond market?
The green bond sector has grown to be a $1trn-plus investable market that has seen a sharp uptick in diversification on the credit side and an increasing number of sovereign issuers.
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3 Reasons for a Strategic Allocation to High Yield
Putting aside the elusive “right time to invest” in favor of a long-term approach