All Credit articles – Page 29
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White papersIn Credit: Loose lips sink ships
Core government bond markets performed very poorly last week with yields rising meaningfully in most areas.
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Creating and managing portfolios in the secured finance market
Since the financial crisis eight years ago, banks have been forced to reduce the scale of their lending as a result of increased regulation.
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Investor’s opportunity: navigating across the credit continuum
There are two main reasons that have led institutional investors to start navigating across the credit continuum: diversification and potential yield enhancement.
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White papersThe long unwinding road of quantitative easing
The reasons for using QE and its effectiveness have been argued at length and this article aims not to discuss whether or not QE has worked, but to look at the likely next steps of central banks and how these could impact markets.
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White papersWhat will end the search for yield?
The search for yield appears unstoppable. Global investors’ voracious appetite for income has been a near-constant theme since the end of the financial crisis, propelling bond yields to record lows.
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White papersCross Asset Investment Strategy: June 2017
Can global trade, which has declined sharply over the past decade, contribute to accelerating growth with consumption, investment and fiscal and tax policies?
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White papersIn Credit: Government lifeline for Venetian banking gondola
It was a quiet week for core government bond markets with yields broadly unchanged.
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White papersAsset Allocation Update: UK earnings forecasts unchanged despite headwinds
Developments in the UK have led us to renew our focus on the region in recent weeks, amidst the start of Brexit negotiations and the general election.
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White papersTaking Control of Your Bond Market Risk
Rising interest rates. Stretched valuations. Populist politics. These are some of the challenges bond investors face today. They’re also reminders of why it’s so important to manage interest-rate and credit risk in an integrated way.
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White papersIn Credit: ‘Alexa...Buy me Wholefoods’
The US bond rally continues – fuelled by a lack of inflation.
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White papersIn Credit: ‘This is what it sounds like when doves cry’
It was a rather mixed week for core government bonds. After this week’s dovish ECB meeting the market now expects European interest rates to remain in negative territory for the next three years (see chart of the week).
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White papersIn Credit: US surprises to the downside...
Core government bond yields remain on a downward trend as US economic data continues to surprise to the downside and there remain few signs of accelerating inflation.
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White papersAsset Allocation Monthly: May 2017
We have recently increased our equity rating to favour from neutral on the back of lower political risk and positive earnings developments.
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White papersThe emerging markets cloud receding
As US rhetoric on trade protectionism softens, investors are focusing on emerging markets’ fundamental attractions once more as productivity improvements and fast-growing young populations are driving superior economic growth.
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White papersUniversity bond issues: Making the grade
Guillaume highlights that our top UK universities are among the best in the world, making their bonds potentially attractive investments.
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White papersDon’t let interest rate risk keep you out of fixed income
Fixed income investors tend to focus on interest rates and worry that when interest rates rise the value of bonds goes down.
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White papersHow should investors approach US infrastructure?
Improving and expanding US infrastructure involves more than building roads and bridges.
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White papersTrumponomics: What could go right?
When it comes to policy, there are things that can go right and things that can go wrong – particularly so with Trumponomics.
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White papersHow Asian Credit Can Add Ballast to Your Portfolio
An improving global economy and expectations of tighter monetary policy may trigger volatility in bond markets. How can fixed-income investors dampen the effect on their portfolios? One answer may be US-dollar Asian corporate bonds.
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White papersIn Credit: Honey, I shrunk the market...
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes confirmed that, as expected, there will be a rate hike in the US next month.
