All Fixed Income articles – Page 62
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VideoMulti Sector Fixed Income Team Outlook
Jaina Varsani and Ashok Bhatia discuss the fixed income outlook for 2022 and update on the positioning of our multi-sector fixed income funds.
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White papersBAE Systems case study
BAE Systems has accelerated its societal and environmental ambitions with key commitments regarding its workforce and climate.
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White papersValue Stocks: Inflation Wave Adds Fuel to Recovery
Value stocks outperformed through mid-February as investors repriced expensive growth stocks. Now, mounting inflation and rising interest rates are creating conditions for a broader value recovery, particularly for companies that have solid business fundamentals.
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White papersManaging Duration in Multi-Asset Strategies? Be Dynamic
For most of the past decade, government bonds have contributed positive returns and a note of stability to multi-asset portfolios. But since late 2021, they’ve been much more volatile, as markets digest central banks’ transitions toward tighter monetary policy.
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White papersAs COVID Cases Fade, Services Ready for Upgrade
January U.S. retail sales surprised to the upside, rising 3.8% M/M. The Omicron wave temporarily halted the shift in consumer spending from goods to services, as at-home sectors gained. Meanwhile, restaurant sales fell for a second-consecutive month.
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PodcastThe Investment Podcast: Inflation – is it beyond transitory and now structural?
With inflation sitting at the core of many issues that investors are grappling with today, David Parsons sits down with Miles Tym and Richard Ryan to consider the pacing of central bank policies to tackle this rising concerns, the potential danger points following interest rate hikes and how an evolving environment might impact a wider range of bond assets, specifically corporate bonds.
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VideoNeuberger Berman’s Multi Sector Fixed Income Funds
In this short video, we two of introduce Neuberger Berman’s Multi-Sector Fixed Income Funds looking at some of the distinctive features of our capabilities in this space.
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Research ReportNuveen global fixed income impact report 2021
Welcome to the Nuveen global fixed income 2021 impact report which demonstrates how impact investing in public fixed income markets is not only possible, but vital to addressing many of the large-scale, systemic challenges the world faces today.
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White papersInvestment Viewpoint: Asia Fixed Income Outlook 2022
2021 was historic for our asset class by many accounts. Asian High Yield (HY) had its worst annual performance since 2008, down over 11% and recorded a default rate of 13%.1 There was an unprecedented USD 50 billion of Chinese HY defaults which means one third of Chinese HY defaulted in 2021.
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White papersReasons to invest LO Funds – Fallen Angels Recovery
Fallen angels are bond issuances which are downgraded from Investment Grade to High Yield.
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White papersInvestment Symposium Series – Signs of a thaw in China’s property freeze
China’s efforts to tackle soaring home prices and rein in its large property developers have sparked heavy asset price falls and concerns over a credit crunch. However, for our China specialists, there have also been signs of a gradual turnaround.
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White papersEquity Convexity and Unconventional Monetary Policy
In this paper, we intend to gain an understanding of the drivers of stock convexity, also known as gamma.
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White papersWhat’s the outlook for European asset-backed securities in 2022?
European asset-backed securities (ABS) outperformed many other areas of fixed income last year as investors were drawn by their floating rate properties and supportive fundamentals, including a resilient labour market and low arrears in underlying asset pools. But how strong is the outlook for securitisations in 2022?
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White papersPressures Continue to Build for Fed Hikes
U.S. CPI pushed the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield to 2% for the first time since the onset of COVID, and U.S. rate hike expectations increased, with markets pricing in 50% odds of a 50bps hike in March. Meanwhile, European inflation expectations are also edging higher.
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White papersUS vs. Europe inflation – A tale of two continents
Following the US Federal Reserve’s lead, central banks in Europe turned hawkish in the first week of February. Our inflation-linked bond specialists, however, see important differences in the outlook for inflation in the eurozone compared to the US.
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White papersAre Markets Signaling a Slowdown?
We see no sign of impending recession in calm credit markets, and in our view the flattening Treasury curve likely has more to do with the market’s failure to recognize growing structural inflationary forces.
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White papersWhy US Rate Rises Highlight European Fixed-Income Opportunities
Recently, euro-based investors have been able to access higher-yielding US dollar bond markets while hedging their currency risk at low cost. Now, interest rates are set to rise in the US—and we think it’s time for US dollar investors to consider opportunities in euro fixed-income markets.
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White papersBank of England Races to Catch up to Inflation
Central banks around the world, including the US Federal Reserve, have turned more hawkish lately—pivoting from supporting a COVID-ravaged economy to fighting stubbornly high inflation. The Bank of England (BoE) continued that trend at its February meeting.
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White papersFinancing economic growth with private debt
Listed assets no longer suffice to build an investment portfolio. Private debt is becoming central to allocations.
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White papersCross Asset Investment Strategy - February 2022
Recent sharp increase in nominal and real yields has been reflected in strong movements in equity markets, causing a rotation out of growth into value stocks. We think the uncertainty (Covid, geopolitics) would continue as markets assess the path of inflation, economic growth and monetary policy.
