All Emerging Market Debt articles – Page 18
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White papersEMD Market Update
Gorky Urquieta, Co-Head of the Neuberger Berman Emerging Markets Debt Team, discusses the factors that contributed to the sell-off of EMD assets over the past month and how the team is positioning portfolios in this volatile market environment
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White papersEuro Investment Grade Credit Reacts To The ECB’s Bazooka: Selective Opportunities
Covid-19 is expected to severely damage the European economy in the coming quarters. The answer at the European level to this disruption has been strong on the monetary policy side, with the implementation of the temporary Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme of €750bn and targeted longer-term refinancing operations, and at the single country level, with targeted fiscal measures.
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White papersCovid-19 fixed income update - Market and economic effects of Covid-19 coronavirus
Last week was another astonishing week for global markets, as the impact of Covid-19 spreads through populations and economies worldwide. Global cases have now reached 723,4341 and several new countries have entered lock-down, including the UK.
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White papersHave We Reached Herd Immunity?
Our chief data scientist explains what the data is saying about the spread of COVID-19.
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White papersHigh Yield: Navigating COVID-19
Barings’ Martin Horne puts the recent volatility in high yield markets into context and describes how the Barings team is both managing risks and finding value opportunities through the crisis.
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White papersPerspectives on Liquidity
Anne Brennan, Chief Risk Officer and Ken DeRegt, COO for Fixed Income, share their insights on managing liquidity in today’s markets, with a look at how this compares to 2008.
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White papersModern Monetary Theory (MMT): from theory to practice
First, the sanitary situation: still worrying. The total numbers of recorded Covid-19 cases is now over half a million, and the number of deaths close to 25k. Contagion from east to west continues, with the US now the center of attention: the country has more reported cases than China. The total number of cases (world) has grown at an average daily pace of 13% in the week to 26 March, 5 points faster than the previous week.
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White papersBond investing in uncertain times – stay invested
The economic impact of Covid-19 will be significant in the near term but will take time to show up in the standard economic dataset. The response of fiscal and monetary policy is critical to stabilising financial conditions and instilling confidence.
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White papersEMD: Finding Fundamental Value Through the Storm
The rapid spread of COVID-19, the precipitous fall in oil prices and the related shock to the global economy have sent markets—including EMD—into a tailspin in recent weeks. In this piece, we explore the resulting challenges and discuss opportunities beginning to emerge.
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White papersDistressed Debt: Despite Challenges, Opportunities Persist
Recent market and economic volatility may be the trigger that distressed debt investors have been waiting for, but capitalizing on opportunities will require a different playbook than those of past cycles.
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White papersCoronavirus: a pragmatic response to market panic
Fixed-income investors loathe uncertainty. But for them and societies worldwide, this is currently the defining characteristic of markets and daily life. How can they respond pragmatically to the pandemic?
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White papersDistressed Debt: Capturing Late-Cycle Value
Barings’ Stuart Mathieson and Bryan High discuss how recent macro events and credit market dynamics are impacting the outlook for distressed debt.
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White papersNew institutional investor insights - 20/20 vision: a clearer path for growth
Diversification and selectivity will become ever more important in 2020 and beyond, especially as we think yields will remain low, returns will be tough to come by and volatility may rise. That means getting more exposure to more opportunities and more risks across asset classes, while remaining nimble.
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White papersIG Credit: The Hidden Risks of “Safe” Bond Strategies
Traditional investment grade bond strategies are meant to help their owners sleep at night. But hidden credit and interest rate risks make benchmark-hugging more hazardous than many realize. Counterintuitively, CLOs, ABS and EM debt may be part of the solution.
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White papersEurope needs new approach to escape economic malaise
With monetary policy seemingly reaching the limits of its effectiveness, another approach is required for the continent to avoid ‘Japanification’. We believe a focus on productive sustainable investment could not only stimulate growth, but also bring about social and environmental benefits
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White papersReform: A route to resilience in emerging markets?
Following a series of IMF meetings in Washington, D.C., Carmen Altenkirch and Dariusz Kedziora discuss their views on how reform prospects may shape emerging market debt.
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White papersRisks Rebalanced - Asset Allocation Committee Outlook 1Q 2020
On Tuesday, January 14, Erik Knutzen, CIO of Multi-Asset Class, Gorky Urquieta, Co-Head of Emerging Markets Debt, and Conrad Saldanha, Senior Portfolio Manager, Emerging Markets Equity, discussed the AAC’s latest views on navigating the current market environment.
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White papersStable Growth, Policy in Transition - Fixed Income Investment Outlook 1Q 2020
With a stable economy likely to provide a positive environment for credit this year, shifts in monetary policy could contribute to more frequent volatility in fixed income markets, while political developments will be an ongoing risk.
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White papersMulti-asset allocation views: Uncertainty clouds the outlook for European assets
Sunil Krishnan considers whether Europe can break out of its economic malaise and the factors investors should watch out for in 2020.
