All Fixed Income articles – Page 108
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White papersIn Credit: State aid? What state aid?
Markets remained somewhat spooked by the previous week’s seemingly coordinated central bank shift in policy.
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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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Navigating the opportunities and challenges facing European Corporate Bonds
Financial markets are pricing in the predictable positive global reflation trade effects.
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Generating social alpha without sacrificing investment returns
In recent years, European investor engagement with Responsible Investment (RI) has gathered momentum and impact investment has soared in popularity as European investors come to consider the effects of their invested capital more deeply.
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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 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 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 papersThe Fed Hikes Rates — but Faces a Dilemma
The Fed’s rate hike Wednesday was thoroughly unsurprising. But under the surface calm, policymakers are wrestling with a dilemma in the US economy that will be a major influence on policy ahead.
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White papersThe Truth Behind the Passive Muni Ladder
On the surface, passive municipal ladders seem like a sensible investment. Simple. Easy. Cheap. But the numbers don’t lie.
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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 papersAre Europe’s Financials Finally Fixing Their Flaws?
Does the swift rescue of Spain’s Banco Popular suggest that Europe is finally fixing its flawed banks? And do the terms of the rescue raise new risks for holders of banks’ more subordinated bonds?
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White papersThe QE Tapering Checklist
Europe’s bond markets are preparing for the European Central Bank (ECB) to call time on the quantitative easing (QE) bond-buying program aimed at boosting Europe’s sluggish economy. With the economy now in much better shape, there are growing expectations that the ECB will start to wind down—or taper—QE soon.
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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 papersThe green shoots of recovery
In 2016, the green bond market was worth more than $90bn, a 120% increase on the previous year’s figure.
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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.
