Fixed Income – Page 56
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White papersEuropean investors lead search for innovative investments amid changing market dynamics
Nuveen has seen significant growth from European clients over the past five years. As investors come to terms with the new normal amid the global pandemic, we are now seeing new opportunities to meet European clients’ changing investment needs.
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White papersAll for One, One for All
Available data suggests that a balanced risk allocation to real assets may be the most robust way to mitigate the impact of upticks in inflation.
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White papersWhat to Expect When You’re Expecting a Taper
Many investors, perhaps scarred by 2013’s “taper tantrum,” are focused on the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will start reducing its bond purchases in the next few months. We don’t think the taper will be disruptive—the Fed has learned from the market’s adverse reaction to that surprise policy turn. But we do see a taper coming soon.
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White papersReconciling the Data and the Markets
Inflation is up, Treasury yields are down, and the recovery trade is on the ropes—we believe it’s all more evidence of a fiercely debating, two-way market.
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White papersDark matters in finance: why climate change is bending bank disclosure standards
Financial institutions have historically ignored unquantified risks hidden in plain sight in the real world. But as Fiorino reveals, climate change is pushing the boundaries of financial risk disclosure into unknown territory…
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - August 2021
The past weeks have confirmed that phase one of the ‘great recovery’ is now behind us. We have entered a new sequence: PMIs decelerating from their peaks and concerns about the spread of the Delta Covid19 variant are features of it.
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White papersFixed Income Perspectives - July 2021
Financial markets rallied amid stronger-than-expected recoveries in many parts of the global economy and signs that central banks intend to remain more accommodative than had been widely anticipated earlier in 2021.
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White papersDeja vu for CLOs?
Heavy supply around quarterly payment dates has led to predictable periods of spread widening in the CLO market—creating attractive relative value opportunities up and down the capital structure.
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White papersIG Credit: Flexibility is Key
While uncertainty remains around rates and inflation, opportunities continue to emerge across IG credit, including in areas outside of traditional corporate bonds.
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White papersThe Preferred Option
How tailored solutions deploying preferred stock can help private equity-owned companies solve a pressing challenge in their capital structures—and earn very attractive risk-adjusted returns in the process.
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White papersCLO equity: Where does it fit in investor allocations?
CLO equity has garnered increasing levels of investor interest, primarily due to the potential for high returns driven by a robust yield profile – a relative rarity in today’s low-yield investment landscape.
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White papersWhy investor appetite for sustainability-linked bonds is growing
Despite representing a relatively small proportion of sustainable bond issuance today, sustainability-linked bonds are rapidly becoming more popular. Xuan Sheng Ou Yong looks at these performance-linked securities and their advantages and disadvantages.
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White papersPrivate credit in a post-Covid market
With 2020 behind us, investors have now witnessed private credit behaving as advertised. Specifically, the asset class provided confidence around the durability, low price volatility and predictive income streams middle market loans afford through downturns.
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White papersThe Wind Remains at High Yield’s Back (For Now)
Accelerating economic growth and improving corporate financial conditions, coupled with a manageable default picture, continue to bolster high yield.
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White papersEM Debt: Fundamentals Back to the Forefront
The EM growth picture remains positive, but with the Fed’s hawkish pivot toward quarter-end, sovereign and corporate debt look better positioned than local currencies.
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White papersHoping for Higher Taxes
There’s a long path ahead, but the new global tax framework should actually support the growth that markets seem to be calling into doubt.
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White papersCLOs: The Proof is in the Process
In this Q&A, Adrienne Butler discusses Barings’ longstanding presence in the CLO market and shares her views on what it takes to navigate the often-misunderstood asset class.
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White papersEuro fixed income: EGB supply/demand dynamics to improve in H2-21
EMU-10 EGB net issuance, net of ECB QE purchases, is likely to be negative in H2 this year for three main reasons: 1) front loading of sovereign debt supply in H1, 2) roughly 60% of yearly bond redemptions still to come, and 3) ECB QE purchases to remain steadily high.
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White papersThe price of self-sufficiency
The disruption of global supply chains has been a wakeup call for the European Union. For years, the principle of an open and free Single Market has led to a massive transfer of industrial production and outsourcing mainly to Asia.
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White papersFiorino: banks versus shadow banks, a heavyweight battle emerges from new financial fields
Money gives weight to power, with the all-pervasive field of banking typically behind this transformation. However, as Fiorino discovers, a previously hidden force in the banking universe is now revealing its massive influence…
