All Fixed Income articles – Page 6
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White papersEmerging Market Debt: Opportunities Monthly Review
Perspective from Franklin Emerging Market Debt Opportunities team.
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Running Out of People
Understanding the forces that will one day fuel persistent price increases helps clarify why inflation is less of a problem now.
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Reflation and Rotation: It’s Not Over
Despite the confirmation of a strong global economic recovery, interest rates fell last month. This decline is the result of both a fall in the inflation premium and a decline in the growth premium embedded in the nominal rates of sovereign bonds.
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Blog | Not everyone’s a winner: mitigating climate and inflation risk
Market expectations for a global economic recovery and fiscal stimulus have spurred heightened inflation expectations—making inflation protection a priority for many investors.
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Economic Transparency means a creditworthy sovereign
In this paper, Eaton Vance Management explores the relationship between Economic Transparency and Yield Spreads, Credit Ratings, Stock Price Volatility and Trust in Government across 130 countries.
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Blog | The sukuk market: growing, underserved and resilient in the COVID crisis
The sukuk market has grown considerably over the past decade, with several reasons driving the increased demand for global shariah-compliant bonds. Notably among these growth drivers is the global sukuk market’s track record of delivering strong risk-adjusted returns relative to other emerging market bonds—particularly during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Webinar - Inflation: Back on the Agenda
It has been a long time since investors had to worry about rising inflation and interest rates at the global level. Over recent months, however, the prospect of a strong economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis, compounded by unprecedented fiscal stimulus and accommodative monetary policy, has sent bond market inflation expectations soaring.
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Income Generator: Innovations in Sustainable Fixed Income Investing
Sustainable investing is a top priority for many today. We can see that interest across the investment spectrum—from investors, to companies that issue new securities, to asset managers that are creating new products and to regulators that are formalising guidelines regarding sustainability.
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The Investment Podcast: The folly of forecasting – finding value in an uncertain world
There has been significant positive momentum in credit markets since the Covid crisis began, underpinned by unprecedented levels of government and central bank support. However, despite market expectations of a sharp rebound in economic activity, there remain significant risks to this view.
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US inflation – Higher for longer?
US inflation looks set to rise significantly heading into the summer. Contrary to the view that this will be a temporary increase, a number of forces could combine to create greater structural pressure pushing prices higher for longer.
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A Case For: Sustainable Climate Bond Strategy
State Street Global Advisors has developed a breakthrough climate bond strategy. Our climate-aware investment process enables you to immediately improve your portfolio’s carbon profile and reduce climate risk, while maintaining target returns.
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Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions: Allocation Views
With a continued theme of ‘Strong Cyclical Rebound in Global Growth’, our Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions team retain a long-term optimistic perspective, including the view that inflation is unlikely to be problematic; and swift policy changes held off.
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Asset Class Return Forecasts - Q2 - 2021
With vaccination programs worldwide well underway, the spotlight has shifted now to the nature of the economic recovery.
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How Are Insurers Staying Ahead of the Curve?
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) has been a nearly ubiquitous topic of conversation among investors in recent years, bringing to light important questions:
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US Stock-Bond Correlation: What are the Macroeconomic Drivers?
For the last 20y, the correlation between stock and bond returns has been negative, enabling CIOs to increase stock allocations, with bonds acting as a hedge, while still satisfying a given risk budget.
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Up, Up, but Not (Run) Away Inflation
The latest round of euro area lockdowns caused less damage than initially feared. Earnings on both sides of the Atlantic continue to beat expectations amid the favorable economic backdrop. Meanwhile, in China, PMIs suggest that the growth driver may be shifting.
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4 reasons why US debt may not spin out of control
Is surging US debt sustainable, or will it spin out of control?
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Risk Factors and Total-Return Options for Insurers
Loomis Sayles - Affiliate Publication: Investors appear to be focused on the government’s pandemic-related stimulus and vaccination programs, and are questioning inflation expectations and the implications for real yields.
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Greenium: An ally, and source of opportunities
More than ever, green bonds are the focus of attention and the curiosity they are arousing is equalled by the questions they have raised.
