All Fixed Income articles – Page 111
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White papersGlobal Investment Views: November 2018
The late cycle narrative behind the autumn market malaise
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White papersFed’s Fork in the Road: Even Higher Rates or Pause
Will the Fed raise rates seven more times through 2020? Our base scenario is for just two more due to record-high dept and the risk of a recession.
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White papersCore Matters: How do assets perform in a maturing business cycle?
The record long expansion in US real GDP (37 quarters so far) and the gradual pickup in inflation have started raising concerns about the beginning of the end of the current cyclical upswing.
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White papersThe rate debate: Portfolio strategies for a rising-rate environment
Interest rates are on the rise in the United States and monetary policy is easing globally. Investors are searching for ways to cope.
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White papersStrategic Relative Value: Q3 2018
A quarterly look at how macro events are driving relative value around the globe.
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White papersUK equities: Mid-year Review
While UK equities had a more volatile first quarter, sterling weakness helped the FTSE 100 outperform the broader market.
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White papersFixed income: Mid-year Review
Fixed income has had a challenging year to date, with bond yields driven higher by expectations around the Fed tightening rates and the prospect of QT in Europe.
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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 papersGlobal Investment Views: July 2018
Investors have experienced generally low returns so far this year, due to the clouds currently gathering on the horizon, and the approach to risk assets is being characterised by increased caution.
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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.
