Fixed Income – Page 23
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News
Distressed debt among targets of new IPE Quest searches
Corporate private placements and a CHF1.5bn core bond mandate also involved
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News
Border to Coast starts first fixed income fund
Insight Investments, M&G Investments and Royal London Asset Management have been selected to run the fund
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BVK to keep diversification strategy amid COVID-19 turmoil
‘Planned real estate investments may experience delays’
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Japan’s government fund increases foreign bonds by 10%
Fund pulls back on domestic government bonds exposure for the next five years
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APG, PGGM buy NIB’s COVID-19 bond
Capital will be deployed to extend healthcare and increase companies’ capacity to produce medical equipment
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BlackRock bond CIO sees buying opportunities
Selective potential in high yield where collateral and covenants are better
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Features
Fixed income, rates, currencies: Global economy under pressure
At the end of February, after a week that saw stock markets around the world plummet, US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell sought to calm fears, saying that the Fed would “act as appropriate” to support growth.
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Features
Fixed Income & Credit: High-yield worries grow
Global high yield and loans still offer attractive returns but the worry is about the stage we are in the credit cycle
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Features
Fixed Income & Credit: Credit at a crossroads
How will weak lending standards hurt credit investors in a global slowdown?
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Features
Fixed Income & Credit: Loan covenant high tide?
Fitch Solutions outlines just how far covenant terms have steadily shifted in borrowers’ favour – at least until coronavirus hit
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Interviews
On the record: Green bonds
IPE asked two Nordic pension funds how they invest in green bonds and to what extent sustainability is considered part of their fixed-income strategies
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Special Report
Strategically Speaking: HSBC Global Asset Management
As the financial markets enter uncharted territory, HSBC GAM could be well placed to take advantage of the dislocations in Asian and emerging markets. Its aim, though, is to offer investors the full spectrum of fixed-income solutions, says Xavier Baraton, global CIO for fixed-income private debt and alternatives.
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Features
Fixed Income & Credit: Potential for adventures
Emerging-market local-currency corporate debt is under-explored by global investors
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Bond Yields Will Rise, But When?
U.S. bond yields have been declining for four decades; why would the next decade be any different? - Jim Caron, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, explains
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News
Swiss pension fund tenders $2.4bn in fixed income
Derivatives are only allowed to steer duration and must be covered by highly liquid assets
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Analysis
Fixed income, rates, currencies: China’s woe hits rest of world
While the speed and breadth of the spread of infection was unknown, it was apparent that the outbreak of the new coronavirus, named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO), would cause considerable disruption to economic activity in China.
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Westminster scheme weighs renewable infra move
Adviser recommends at least 5% allocation to illiquid alternatives and extra 5% in fixed income
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NBIM backs shorter LSE trading hours, cites better pricing
Accessing natural liquidity has become harder for institutional investors, says oil fund
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Alecta ramps up DB contributions by 16%, blaming longevity and yields
Swedish pension fund sees more life expectancy increases ahead
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Features
Fixed income, rates, currencies: A confident start to the year
Undoubtedly a good year for financial assets, 2019 ended on a bright note with the broad, and relieved, consensus that the China/US trade conflict might be de-escalating