All Government Bonds articles – Page 9
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The Bond Blog - EM’s Vulnerability to Rising Food Prices and Political Instability
Food items typically have a larger weight in the consumer price index (CPI) basket of emerging markets. Therefore, food price increases might require policy action on the part of central banks if they become a major source of inflation.
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China’s debt vulnerability – Defying dire predictions
Despite rising corporate defaults, China’s overall debt dynamics have not deteriorated. Its economic fundamentals appear strong enough to contain a debt-currency crisis.
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*Diversified private credit – It is about financing growth*
Investing in diversified private credit means gaining access to the stable cash flows and contained volatility of a broad range of unlisted asset classes including infrastructure and commercial real estate debt, mid-market loans and loans to small and medium-sized businesses.
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Investing in 2022: Four key market drivers
The pandemic and rising inflation were prevailing drivers of markets in 2021. But the economic squeeze which dominated 2020 finally started to loosen its grip, as the world started to get back to something resembling ‘normality’ in the second half of last year.
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Potentially volatile European markets present opportunities
Franklin Templeton Fixed Income’s David Zahn sees opportunity despite elevated levels of volatility in European bonds in 2022.
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Four insurance portfolio allocation themes for 2022 and beyond
In today’s investment landscape, how can insurers effectively construct investment portfolios to achieve their targets and balance a range of unique requirements? This paper looks at four allocation themes we believe are most relevant to insurance portfolios.
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Global corporate bonds 2022 outlook
Although global investment grade corporate bonds posted negative total returns in 2021, in large part due to rising government bond yields, excess returns were positive.
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Asset allocation – A fat (real) tail in 2022
2021 was an awkward ’steady state’ year for financial markets: bonds delivered the worst returns in a quarter of a century except for one year (1999), while equities secured top-quartile (or better) returns over the same period.[1]
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Three reasons for optimism
The technical picture for munis looks strong heading into early 2022.
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European long-income real estate: Seeking resilience in an uncertain world
As the trajectory of COVID-19 continues to evolve, Isabel Gossling looks at the implications for European real estate and long-lease strategies.
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The Fight Against Inflation Has Begun
We think that inflation, central bank policy and real rates will define the battlefield for markets in 2022—but will the most volatile skirmishes come sooner or later in the year?
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Outlook 2022 - Bye-bye beta
Despite a fifth coronavirus wave rising as we enter the third year of the pandemic, there are reasons to be optimistic for the economic recovery, explain the Generali Insurance Asset Management Macro Research Team. In fact, a global 60-40 portfolio would have risen nearly 40% since the lows of March 2020.
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Still Looking on the Bright Side
In this Allocation Views, our Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions team believe global stocks still have greater performance potential than global bonds, reflecting only slightly slower growth expectations.
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Introduction to the Neuberger Berman Ultra Short Term Euro Bond Fund
In this short video, Portfolio Manager Antonio Serpico introduces the Neuberger Berman Ultra Short Term Euro Bond Fund, an actively managed portfolio of Euro short-term bonds, with opportunistic allocations to attractive Euro bond strategies.
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The role bonds play in a portfolio
Building a resilient and balanced portfolio should be a priority for many investors in today’s environment of heightened financial market uncertainty and volatility across a range of asset classes, including equities.
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For the Global Economy, It’s Next Stop…Policy Normalization
November is likely to mark the start of a transition phase for the global economy. For almost two years, major central banks have thrown extraordinary waves of support into shoring up economic activity and financial markets against the COVID-19-induced crisis. Now, officials in many countries seem ready to begin the march back toward a more normal policy setting.
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Thematic equities as an alternative to fully diversified equity portfolios
Thematic equity strategies can also serve as alternative to – or replacements for - global equity portfolios that invest across industry sectors.
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Fixed Income markets: what will be key?
Eurozone and US sovereign bond markets have partially reversed the decline recorded over the summer. The decline in yields was driven by global growth concerns and abundant liquidity. How can fixed-income investors position themselves today?
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Investment View: Off Crutches
The global economy has hit a speed bump, built on the Delta variant and supply chain issues; we expect growth to find a floor in H2, as the fourth Covid wave recedes, and China cautiously eases policy. But supply constraints are proving sticky, and surging commodity prices are a new threat to the consumer outlook. That risk deserves hedging.
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Growing Pains for EM Corporates Amid China’s Regulatory Crackdown
Chinese corporates are experiencing growing pains as fines and restrictions rain down on sectors like tech, real estate and education—but select opportunities are emerging as well.