Fixed Income – Page 76
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White papersFixed income/macro: Mid-year Review
At the start of the year, the world appeared to be in the middle of a highly synchronised economic recovery.
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White papersTurkish delight turns sour?
Concerns about the deteriorating Turkish situation helped core government bonds perform better, but credit market spreads were generally a little wider and emerging markets were very weak.
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White papersPortfolio strategies to cope with trade tensions
Escalating global trade tensions can affect regions and asset classes differently.
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White papersEuropean long lease real estate: a defensive alternative
In a world in which income can be challenging to find, secure and growing cashflows are sought after by pension funds, insurers and other institutional investors.
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White papersTackling financial exclusion through the financial markets
We have never lived in a more interconnected society. We can communicate with friends and colleagues on the other side of the planet in the blink of an eye, and have more access to more information than ever before.
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White papersIn Credit: World Cup Blues?
The phenomenon of rising nationalism, including trade war rhetoric, continues to weigh on risk markets and provides an anchor to core government bond yields.
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White papersEuro Investment Grade Credit: A Growing, Diversifying, High-Quality Market
The financial crisis and subsequent regulation has ended the dominance of financials in euro corporate bonds.
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White papersThe FED leans hawkish and short rates move higher
While the Fed under Chair Yellen acknowledged global risks in early 2016 as a contributing factor in its decision to defer rate increases, it is unclear whether global factors would exert as significant an impact on the current FOMC.
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White papersECB: Short term rates anchored
According to the ECB projections, the GDP expansion will remain above potential for the next two years, driven by both domestic investment and household consumption. Inflation is revised up, albeit modestly.
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White papersIn Credit: Value returns to corporate bonds?
After a couple of weeks of stabilisation, US bond yields headed higher again and traded through 3% at the 10-year maturity point.
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White papersAnticipating a strong year for bonds
In contrast to tightening monetary policy in the US and a lower pace of quantitative easing in Europe, Asian central banks are maintaining accommodative monetary policy.
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White papersCross road: the landscape of the fixed-income market
Two events pushed down Eurozone sovereign spreads in 2017: the French presidential election in April & May, which dissipated investors’ fears about Eurosceptic movements, and the announcement on 26 October of a smaller-than-expected reduction in ECB’s QE for 2018 (monthly purchases lowered from € 60 bn to €30bn).
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White papersRethinking fixed income investing when the easy money is coming to an end
Core fixed income allocation, usually comprising high-quality government and corporate bonds, has played a relevant role in diversified portfolios over the last few decades.
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White papersYesterday, bonds were such an easy game to play…
…but now we are back to worrying about inflation, recession and things that tweet in the night.
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White papersRising Rates Survival Guide
Looking for new sources of income and diversification will be crucial to dealing with the challenges of rising interest rates and inflation.
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White papersIn Credit: Three percent… and rising?
As recently as mid-2016, the benchmark 10-year US treasury note had a yield of less than 1.4%.
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White papersECB: dovish tone and calm markets - but flexibility needed with volatility ahead
The overall stance is still broadly accommodative and aims to confirm the consensus view.
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White papersRethinking fixed income investing when the easy money is coming to an end
The end of easy money may point to different investment scenarios
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White papersPotentially a strong year for Asian bonds
In a world where the global interest rate environment is posing greater risks, Asia’s inefficient fixed income markets offer opportunities for flexible investors.
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White papersTariffs, sanctions and weak payrolls
Tariffs continue to dominate the headlines and have been joined by sanctions which the US imposed on a number of Russian oligarchs and their businesses.
