All Fixed Income articles – Page 58
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White papersBroadening Access to Private Assets: Regulatory Wrappers Unwrapped
The number of regulatory wrappers is growing as access to private assets broadens. When presented with different options, there are a number of considerations to keep in mind.
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White papersFixed Income Perspectives April 2023
Markets appeared optimistic amid strong macro indicators until early March, when the collapse of two US regional banks and forced sale of Credit Suisse led to a risk-off sentiment.
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White papersWith High Yield, Shorter May Be Better for Insurers’ Yields…and Capital Efficiency
With yield curves inverted in many parts of the world, investors no longer need to increase interest-rate risk to bolster yields. Instead, they can achieve the same end with shorter-duration high-yield bonds. For insurance investors that have typically shied away from high yield, we think this landscape—and the regulatory treatment—present a compelling opportunity.
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White papersA viewpoint on CLO markets: past, present, and future
Himani Trivedi, head of structured credit at Nuveen, shares her thoughts on the current state of the CLO markets, a lookback to 2022, and a view of what the coming year holds for CLOs.
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White papersEM Debt: Opportunities in a Riskier World
Emerging market fundamentals remain strong and continue to provide opportunities despite risks in developed markets that raise cautionary flags.
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White papersWhy, and how, investors should integrate biodiversity into fixed income portfolios
One of the fundamental features of biodiversity is that it reaches into every part of our lives – and that means the impacts of biodiversity loss are felt across investment portfolios too. In our view there isn’t an asset class or sector that would not benefit from a close consideration of how those effects might change outcomes or affect financial returns.
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White papersA New ‘Impossible Trilemma’?
Can we lower government debt, sustain positive real rates and finance the transition to a low-carbon economy?
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VideoThe Inside Track – Public and Private Markets Outlook
(8:37) In this video discussion, experts from across our public and private markets teams offer their outlook, reflecting on valuations, where they see opportunities evolving and recent stresses within the banking sector. Chief Investment Officer, Multi Asset Strategies – EMEA, Niall O’Sullivan, Senior Portfolio Manager – Multi Sector Fixed Income, Robert Dishner and Managing Director, Neuberger Berman Private Markets, Doug Manor reflect on conditions within their respective asset classes.
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White papersFixed Income Investment Outlook: 2Q 2023
Aggressive monetary pressure finally saw meaningful impact in the first quarter, in the form of a bank liquidity crisis that required swift intervention by regulators to limit contagion.
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VideoHigh Yield: Finding Value in a Volatile Environment
Chris Sawyer, Head of European High Yield, discusses current conditions in the global high yield market and explains how they are creating the potential for attractive total returns.
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White papersSDG Engagement High Yield Credit, Annual Report 2022
In a review of the past 12 months, the investment team offers an in-depth view of engagement highlights, progress on milestones, performance and case studies.
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White papersWait-and-See Characterizes Mood of CLO Market
As concerns about the banking sector add to continuing macroeconomic uncertainty, the CLO market finds itself largely becalmed as participants await clearer signs of the market’s future direction.
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White papersOccupier demand delivers clear opportunities for lenders
Post-Covid, occupiers’ demand for best-in-class office buildings is presenting an opportunity for lenders, argues Dan Riches, Real Estate Debt Co-Head at M&G Investments, in this recent interview.
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White papersHow Will the Banking Crisis Reshape Financial Credit?
Banks’ stock and bond prices were battered by the crisis that overtook US regional banks Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank (SB) and Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse (CS). We believe that the underlying causes of these failures were idiosyncratic rather than systemic. US and European central banks appear to agree, as they have demonstrated their confidence in the banking system by continuing to hike rates.
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PodcastMaking investments in infrastructure debt impactful
Making investments in infrastructure debt impactful from a sustainability angle requires a perspective that goes beyond an attractive risk-return ratio and obvious green infrastructure assets such as solar plants. Apart from a wide network to source loans that are suitable, there is a need for a strong research and assessment capability to safeguard their ‘greenness’.
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White papersSlowly Slowing
One year since the inception of our Stagflation Shock scenario, the global economy continues to face elevated inflation and falling growth. Both are slowing, but they are slowing—slowly. And the descent has not been smooth.
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White papersWhat the ‘next normal’ means for fixed income: reimagining core bonds
After three years of COVID, roller-coaster economies, inflation and central banks’ frantic fight against an uncertain future, it appears we may finally return to the world we used to know. The “new normal” – where rates are low, volatility subdued, and investors are willing to take on more risk – could yet return. But can it be so simple? After all the upheaval, are we really returning to the pre-COVID era?
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White papersA Solid Case for IG Credit, But Caution is Required
Against a backdrop of elevated uncertainty, IG corporate credit—with healthy corporate balance sheets and a relatively attractive total return potential—looks well-positioned.
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White papersPotential Opportunities in the US Banking Sector
Despite the failure of a handful of banks in the US and one in Europe, our view is that 2023 will not present a financial crisis near the magnitude of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2008. The three failed US banks, Silvergate, Silicon Valley and Signature, had unique business models that proved to be meaningful weaknesses. They raised concerns about firms with close financial ties to small banks, particularly speculative technology and related stocks, such as cryptocurrencies, that unwound when they were caught in a bubble.
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White papers*The resilience and diversity of infrastructure debt*
For investors eyeing stable long-term income from a broad and diverse asset class, European infrastructure debt can be a resilient solution. It has been as robust in times of crisis – witness its performance during the pandemic – as it has been across economic cycles. What is its secret? Infrastructure provides services that are in demand whatever the economic climate.
