All Fixed Income articles – Page 85
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White papersWhy investor appetite for sustainability-linked bonds is growing
Despite representing a relatively small proportion of sustainable bond issuance today, sustainability-linked bonds are rapidly becoming more popular. Xuan Sheng Ou Yong looks at these performance-linked securities and their advantages and disadvantages.
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White papersGravity Will Not Prevail–At Least Not Yet
In advanced economies, storefronts have opened, effective vaccines are rolling out, and people are ready to return to “life as we knew it.” However, normalcy will not return until the pandemic is over globally—unless borders remain closed, with unknown collateral damage.
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White papersPrivate credit in a post-Covid market
With 2020 behind us, investors have now witnessed private credit behaving as advertised. Specifically, the asset class provided confidence around the durability, low price volatility and predictive income streams middle market loans afford through downturns.
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White papersThe Wind Remains at High Yield’s Back (For Now)
Accelerating economic growth and improving corporate financial conditions, coupled with a manageable default picture, continue to bolster high yield.
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White papersWeighing up the cost of ESG bonds
Green, social or sustainable bonds (ESG bonds for the purpose of this article) are an increasingly popular way for fixed income investors to signal that they are taking ESG seriously. But how do they compare to traditional bonds? Is there a “greenium” to investing this way and if so, how can investors avoid paying it?
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White papersEM Debt: Fundamentals Back to the Forefront
The EM growth picture remains positive, but with the Fed’s hawkish pivot toward quarter-end, sovereign and corporate debt look better positioned than local currencies.
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White papersHoping for Higher Taxes
There’s a long path ahead, but the new global tax framework should actually support the growth that markets seem to be calling into doubt.
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White papersFixed Income Investment Outlook - 3Q 2021
In the day-to-day task of investing, it’s often easy to ascribe significance to individual central bank meetings, speeches or policy pronouncements that, with a bit more time, simply blur into background static
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White papersCLOs: The Proof is in the Process
In this Q&A, Adrienne Butler discusses Barings’ longstanding presence in the CLO market and shares her views on what it takes to navigate the often-misunderstood asset class.
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White papersEuro fixed income: EGB supply/demand dynamics to improve in H2-21
EMU-10 EGB net issuance, net of ECB QE purchases, is likely to be negative in H2 this year for three main reasons: 1) front loading of sovereign debt supply in H1, 2) roughly 60% of yearly bond redemptions still to come, and 3) ECB QE purchases to remain steadily high.
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White papersThe price of self-sufficiency
The disruption of global supply chains has been a wakeup call for the European Union. For years, the principle of an open and free Single Market has led to a massive transfer of industrial production and outsourcing mainly to Asia.
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White papersEconomic outlook: Where is ‘normal’? Will we get there?…
By debating the size of their balance sheets, central banks are showing for only the second time since 2008 that they may be worrying about our addiction to QE. QE can be credited with unblocking the system in 2009 and keeping it oiled in 2020.
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White papersFiorino: banks versus shadow banks, a heavyweight battle emerges from new financial fields
Money gives weight to power, with the all-pervasive field of banking typically behind this transformation. However, as Fiorino discovers, a previously hidden force in the banking universe is now revealing its massive influence…
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White papersIs the bond broken?
An allocation to government bonds within a multi-asset portfolio has traditionally played a vital role in terms of risk management and diversification.
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White papersH2 2021 Investment Outlook - Inflation blows on markets, and investors need to act
The Covid-19 crisis has transformed the world with far reaching consequences that markets are now starting to assess. The most important one being what will be left of the Great Recovery following the crisis.
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White papersTwo-Way Markets Are Back
After nearly a year going up in a straight line, questions about inflation, the economic cycle and central bank messaging have brought more push and pull back into markets.
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PodcastThe Investment Podcast: Sustainability in private credit – can the two go hand in hand?
While sustainability has been most obviously implemented within public markets, appetite from investors to access private market opportunities has grown.
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White papersUnconstrained Credit Fund: Celebrating three years
During a turbulent three years, we have navigated global credit markets to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns for our clients.
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White papersWhat Will Kill This Market?
Something will at some point, but the most plausible downside scenarios still look like a stretch for this year and next.
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White papersInflation Expectations And Interest Rates In The US
Recently, concerns about rising inflation rates have grown. Yield curves have steepened and interest rate levels have increased.
