All Sovereign Bonds articles – Page 4
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Seek High Yield Opportunities, but be aware of liquidity conditions
Speculative grade bonds have been among the major beneficiaries of the rapid turn of both Fed and ECB monetary policy stances to much more dovish positions. Lower rates for longer and more synchronised easing mean much lower funding costs and easier financial conditions for HY companies, which, as we know, are more sensitive than IG companies to the absolute levels of nominal and real rates.
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Pick a Number, Any Number
Among Three Central Rate Forecasts, The Middle Still Feels Right.
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Core Matter: A Deeper Look into Financial Vulnerabilities
Almost ten years of record low interest rates have raised leverage in the non-financial sector as well as investors’ tolerance for riskier and less liquid instruments. As a result, the average quality of corporate debt has worsened. Credit risk has shifted away from banks to asset managers. Mutual funds’ ...
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How Opportunistic Is Your Investment Grade Allocation?
Michael Freno, Head of Global Markets, discusses the benefits of ‘multi-asset’ or ‘opportunistic’ credit portfolios and the newly-launched Barings Global Investment Grade Strategies.
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Central Banks Support A Sharp Market Rebound
Markets transition from a momentum-driven to a range-trading environment.
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Traditional and Alternative Factors in Investment Grade Corporate Bond Investing
While the concept of factor investing has gained significant traction since the 2000s with the consequence of altering the landscape of equity investing, factor investing in fixed income remains in its infancy.
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Fixed Income: Modern Magical Thinking
Why should investors be concerned about the growing size of the US deficit? Sonal Desai, our Fixed Income CIO, explains why there is dangerous thinking behind some political agendas.
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Weightlifting China - how big will it get?
In this paper we look at how investing in China stands currently and a number of possible ways that this might evolve over time.
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Investing in the Low-Carbon Economy
Private capital has never been given such an important role in tackling climate change and de- carbonising the economy. As Philippe Le Houérou, CEO of International Finance Corporation (IFC), says, the private sector “holds the key,” noting that it “has the innovation, the financing and the tools.
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Extra-financial indicators play a key role in the analysis of sovereign debt
At Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management, the assessment of sovereign debt is based, amongst other things, on a financial model for analysing issues the takes account of both the budgetary and economic situation as well as banking risk. Since 2015, we have decided to round out this internal modally incorporating extra-financial indicators.
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US rates are rising: what’s next for emerging market bonds?
Blended approach to emerging market bonds most resilient to US rate rises
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Have bonds lost their bite?
As markets evolve, we explore whether bonds are still able to provide protection in turbulent conditions.
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Global Investment Views: August 2018
Concerns about trade continue to take centre stage. While US assets have so far been resilient amid escalating protectionist rhetoric, markets targeted by tariffs are under pressure.
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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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Ten key questions on recent US protectionist measures
On March 22, President Trump announced a new round of tariffs on around $50bln of Chinese imports (leaving Europe off for now) and China unveiled tariffs on $3bln of US imports. This adds to the measures announced on March 8, when US President Trump signed an order that imposes tariffs on imported steel (25%) and aluminum (10%), effective on March 23.
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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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The improvement of peripheral bonds’ fundamentals has accelerated
Two events pushed down Eurozone sovereign spreads in 2017: the French presidential election in April & May, which dissipated investors’ fears about Eurosceptic movements, and the announcement on 26 October of a smaller-than-expected reduction in ECB’s QE for 2018 (monthly purchases lowered from € 60 bn to €30bn).
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Incorporating Environmental, Social and Governance Factors into Sovereign Bond Analysis
John Beck, SVP Director of Global Fixed Income, discusses how ESG factors are incorporated into sovereign bond analysis and why such factors are increasingly important for portfolios he and his team manage at Franklin Templeton.