All Fixed Income articles – Page 80
-
White papersA new perspective: Diversified private debt portfolios for insurers
Private debt offers a broad and diverse investment universe that is often well-suited to an insurer’s balance sheet. However, approaches that focus on certain sub-types of private debt could create barriers to effective investment over time and inadvertently narrow the opportunity set.
-
White papersSustainability-linked bonds do not fit our impact framework
Our approach to impact investing, established in 2007, focuses on Use of Proceeds (UoP) and transparent, relevant impact measurement and reporting frameworks. We direct capital to social and environmental outcomes and continually engage with clients, industry working groups, issuers and underwriters on the merits of this approach.
-
Research ReportAsset Allocation: Think portfolio construction
Using a factors-first lens to find opportunities in today’s alternatives market
-
White papersHY default rates: recent and expected trends
Persistent supportive funding conditions and the improved macro picture are consistent with a current and expected benign picture for US and European default cycles, which are likely to remain on a downward trend in the coming months.
-
White papersSpecial Europe: Investing in the recovery
As the European economy is recovering from the largest economic shock of modern history, we are revising our growth and inflation assumptions to the upside. Although the path to recovery is uneven among member states, we believe the EU will see two years of strong growth while inflation should revert below 2%.
-
PodcastTurning a New Leaf in Chinese Investing
Historically, as the second largest economy in the world, China has presented a myriad of opportunities to investors worldwide. However, due to the regulatory changes outlined by the Chinese government, trends suggest that investors have started to reconsider their allocations in China.
-
White papersECB Policy and Bunds Are Set to Move
Ahead of the key European Central Bank policy meeting on September 9, we offer our views on what will likely change, what may not, and what it could mean for the Bund yield.
-
White papersCase study: Trade the When Issued (WI) security a month in advance using Micro Treasury Yield futures
Learn how investors can use smaller-sized, yield-based Treasury futures contracts to roll when-issue in advance, less expensively than previously possible.
-
White papersEuropean investors lead search for innovative investments amid changing market dynamics
Nuveen has seen significant growth from European clients over the past five years. As investors come to terms with the new normal amid the global pandemic, we are now seeing new opportunities to meet European clients’ changing investment needs.
-
White papersAll for One, One for All
Available data suggests that a balanced risk allocation to real assets may be the most robust way to mitigate the impact of upticks in inflation.
-
White papersWhat to Expect When You’re Expecting a Taper
Many investors, perhaps scarred by 2013’s “taper tantrum,” are focused on the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will start reducing its bond purchases in the next few months. We don’t think the taper will be disruptive—the Fed has learned from the market’s adverse reaction to that surprise policy turn. But we do see a taper coming soon.
-
Research ReportClearing hurdle targets amid rising rates
For much of the past decade, the endowment and foundation community has expressed concerns about the challenge of meeting their spending requirements while maintaining funding levels in an environment of low yields and muted return expectations.
-
White papersInflation Starts Trending Down (Slowly)
After weeks of markets pricing in our slower-growth scenario, the strong U.S. employment report kicked off a slight shift in the narrative.
-
White papersHow to unlock opportunities in the sponsor-less SME loan market
Sponsor-less transactions are largely misunderstood. With greater liquidity and mounting interest from institutional investors, can we expect an influx of non-sponsor transactions funded by direct lenders?
-
PodcastThe Investment Podcast: Inflation - is it real?
From the ‘Great Moderation’ of the 1980’s, to the current day, the inflation environment has been relatively benign, with the policies of recent years mostly concerned with preventing deflation. However, as economies begin to rebound from the Covid crisis, inflation has ticked up. Is the current rise in inflation transitory, or could we see Central banks move to tighten policy?
-
White papersWhat are the risks in high yield real estate debt?
The high returns of high yield real estate debt are attracting more and more investors. For investors less familiar with the asset class, we explain the key risks and how to manage them.
-
PodcastEM Debt: Assessing the Impact of China’s Crackdowns
Omotunde Lawal, Head of EM Corporate Debt, sheds light on China’s recent regulatory crackdowns on industries ranging from technology to education to property, and explains the risks and opportunities these actions may present for fixed income investors.
-
White papersReconciling the Data and the Markets
Inflation is up, Treasury yields are down, and the recovery trade is on the ropes—we believe it’s all more evidence of a fiercely debating, two-way market.
-
White papersTen for 2021—Midyear Update
Last November, the heads of our four investment platforms identified the key themes they anticipated would guide investment decisions in 2021.
-
White papersDark matters in finance: why climate change is bending bank disclosure standards
Financial institutions have historically ignored unquantified risks hidden in plain sight in the real world. But as Fiorino reveals, climate change is pushing the boundaries of financial risk disclosure into unknown territory…
