All Index-Linked Bonds articles
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White papers
A fine time to lock in higher bond yields
Thinking about duration in investment grade credit hasn’t been top of clients’ minds in recent years – with good reason. Bond yields have been exceptionally low, with the Sterling five-year corporate bond yield falling from around 4% in the middle of the previous decade to almost 1.5% by the end of 2020.
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Emerging Market Green Bonds - Report 2022
The year 2022 proved a challenging one for international capital markets. For only the fifth time in the last 100 years, U.S. Treasuries and the S&P 500 both ended the year lower than where they started.
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Podcast
The Implications Behind Indexation
Index funds give investors broad exposure to the market at an accessible price point and have taken equity markets by storm in recent years. As index companies make decisions about how to construct their indices, we wonder if those decisions are more active than market participants realize.
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Podcast
Climate Transition in Fixed Income: Choosing an Index
This podcast explains why investors should consider climate transition strategies for fixed income portfolios and why existing strategies use a variety of indexes as a benchmark for climate offerings.
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NASDAQ 100-S&P 500 Volatility Ratio at Peak Levels
The cost of NASDAQ 100 options has ballooned relative to S&P 500 options over the past three years as the tech-heavy index leads the recovery in equities. Read the latest article from CME Group Senior Economist, Erik Norland.
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Adding Equity Index Futures to your Portfolio
No matter your investment vehicle, as a standardized, liquid contract, Equity Index futures may make a strong addition to your portfolio. Dive into the latest research to learn more about key features of Equity Index futures.
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The ECB And The EU Banking Sector: Some Relief, With Winners And Losers
The new two-tier deposit-reserving scheme: With this measure the European banking sector could save up to c. €4 billion in annual interest costs (based on avoiding the -50bps deposit rate). However, while a large number in absolute terms, this only accounts for c. 2% of earnings on average for the main banks in the sector and therefore has little impact on overall Returns on Equity and profitability metrics.
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Portfolios and Investing: If/When “Winter” is Coming?
Did the Fed over-tighten monetary policy with its nine rate hikes, paving the way for an investment ‘winter’ in equities and bond markets?
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Asset Allocation Update: Strong earnings prompt US equities upgrade
Amid background noise such as ongoing trade skirmishes involving the US, the evolving Chinese economy and geo-political tensions, we have spent time analysing recent market movements and the implications for risk assets.
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Daisuke Nomoto: Japan - more tailwinds than headwinds for 2018
With GDP on a sustained growth track, supported by structural reforms and the Bank of Japan’s accommodative monetary policy, we maintain a positive outlook for the region.
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Reaction: Italian election
The Italian election result looks messy, but we do not believe that the chances of Italy leaving the eurozone have gone up materially.
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Cross Asset Investment Strategy: February 2018
The recent sharp correction of equity markets and the increase in yields which have materialized since the start of the year have created a turbulent phase, interrupting the “Garden of Eden” kind of setting which investors were getting used to.
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Global Investment Views: February 2018
The recent sharp correction of equity markets and the increase in yields which have materialized since the start of the year have created a turbulent phase, interrupting the “Garden of Eden” kind of setting which investors were getting used to.
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Fixed income playbook 2018: less risk, more diversification
On the heels of two good years in the bond market, the best days for fixed income are likely behind us. 2016 produced strong returns in most sectors, especially high yield corporate bonds, which generated double digit gains.
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Technology and ‘mega-trends’ to drive US equity performance
US equities have outperformed global equities since the beginning of the recovery because the US economy was initially the sole engine of global growth, as European countries wrestled with the Eurozone crisis.
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Commodities hitch a ride on global growth
Highly favourable tailwinds give us confidence that commodity prices will push significantly higher in 2018.
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The UK’s demise is overstated
UK equities reached all-time highs in 2017, but relative to world stocks (in US dollar terms) they were laggards.
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Bond Connect opens access to China’s debt markets
Bond Connect is the latest manifestation of China’s gradual opening up of its capital markets to international investors. The pilot scheme, launched by China and Hong Kong in July, gives foreign institutional fund managers a new route to China’s RMB69 trillion ($10 trillion) interbank bond market (CIBM).