Fixed Income – Page 5
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NewsSwiss Bayer Pensionskasse realigns investment strategy
Allocations to bonds increase, while exposure to mortgages and real estate decrease
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FeaturesSecuritised credit keeps on shining
For a market with a difficult past, some could even say an image-problem, securitised credit has been performing remarkably well in recent years.
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FeaturesContrasting global economic growth fortunes
Economic growth patterns across the world paint a picture of contrasts, ranging from surprisingly robust in the US to soft and struggling in China, with the stagnant euro area narrowly avoiding a technical recession after posting zero GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2023, following a 0.1% decline the previous quarter.
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FeaturesA bumper year for convertible bond issuance
The convertible bond market ended 2023 on a strong note with its main index – the Refinitiv Global Focus – returning 6% in the fourth quarter. The optimism has continued into 2024 on the back of reasonable valuations, historically low equity volatility and better opportunites.
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator - March 2024
Climate change is coming to a trend break as the low-hanging fruit has been picked.
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NewsLGPS Central seeks sterling investment grade credit manager via IPE Quest
The UK investment pool is expected to funded the mandate in mid-2024 with a total value of around £600m
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NewsBVV to assess climate impact of sovereign bonds portfolio
The scheme uses the X-Degree-Compatibility (XDC) model by climate tech company Right
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NewsAon invests in AXA IM’s carbon transition short duration bond fund
The new fund will provide investors with strong downside mitigation and ‘natural’ portfolio liquidity, says AXA IM
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FeaturesConflict and elections set to dominate the investor landscape
Middle Eastern tensions are running high, with violence flaring up across the wider region. Combined with the ongoing attritional destruction in Ukraine, this is impacting world trade, and it seems certain that international conflict will continue to be a source of great concern in 2024.
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator - February 2024
IPE’s monthly poll of market sentiment, asking 50 asset managers about their six to 12-month views on regional equities, global bonds and currency pairs
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Opinion PiecesCorporate pensions: a close eye on yields in 2024
The final two months of 2023 saw a return to form for global fixed income and equities, with respectable single and double-digit numbers in each case. After a false start in early 2023, at least for a multitude of asset forecasters, bonds were finally back in the final months of last year.
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NewsGerman Versorgungswerke rethink alternative strategies
Professional pension funds invest €20bn per year and manage assets worth €270bn, investing 40% of total assets in alternatives
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NewsInarcassa grows AUM to over €14bn as bonds, equities rebound
The pension fund for self-employed engineers and architects in Italy recorded a gross operating result of approximately 7.7% last year
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NewsTime for different rules for legacy DB pensions, says Norway funds lobby
Drevsjø: ‘Is the goal to protect the paid-up policy or the shareholder in the life insurance company?’
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NewsPKBS adjusts investment policy to navigate interest rate volatility
To fend off interest rate volatility, PKBS cut the strategic quota it held in bonds
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NewsImpax to acquire fixed income assets, team from Absalon
Absalon has around €405m in global high yield and emerging market corporate debt assets
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NewsAustrian provident funds increase allocation to bonds, equities
FMA’s report also showed that the pension schemes reduced their allocation to real estate
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Asset Class ReportsDebt investors face European uncertainty
High interest rates and inflation are the biggest concerns as recession looms
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Features
Insurance-linked securities wind brings good news for investors
In the two decades prior to 2022, the negative correlation between stock and treasury bond market returns has been a key driver of institutional investor portfolio construction. Fixed income allocations provided investors significant relief during equity market downturns and increased expected risk-adjusted returns for the popular 60/40 stock/bond portfolio.
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FeaturesNet zero’s bond index problem
The fixed-income space has not been short of sustainability innovations over the years.
