Fixed Income – Page 54
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European Parliament approves new rules for ratings agencies
EUROPE – New legislation limits number of unsolicited sovereign ratings per year.
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Inflation index changes could have 'huge implications' for pension funds
UK – NAPF policy director wary of ‘rewiring’ how retail prices index is calculated.
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UK's debt office should issue amortising bonds, says Hymans Robertson
UK – DMO should listen to market demand when considering issuance of new maturities.
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Pension fund for doctors re-allocates bonds to Germany, Netherlands
SPH also maintains cash overweight in equity portfolio to protect coverage ratio of 128%.
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UK government's issuance of CPI-linked bonds 'inevitable', banks say
Respondents to F&C survey ‘overwhelmingly’ agree DMO is likely to issue CPI-linked bonds.
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Figures show CPI shift could reduce pension by third
Department for Work and Pension figures see £61bn savings from shift for scheme sponsors.
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AGI warns on German Bunds
EUROPE – Allianz Global Investors (AGI) has cautioned against exposure to German Bunds, arguing that the European Union’s bailout package means the country will further lose its status as a investment safe haven.
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Greece, Spain lead government bond returns in the third quarter
EUROPE – Greece and Spain – which have hit the headlines this year due to their large debt burden – are leading total returns in the third quarter of this year, according to the S&P Eurozone Government Bond index.
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German government bonds offer strongest return, according to S&P Index
EUROPE – German government bonds returned almost 7% in the first half of 2010, according to Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Eurozone Government Bond index.
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Synthetic inflation options 80% cheaper than caps, says Pimco's Worah
GLOBAL – Replicating optionality on inflation using the US dollar swaps market in recent years would have incurred one-fifth of the cost of buying inflation caps, according to research by PIMCO.
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Asset Class ReportsA time to be selective
Uncertainty in sovereign markets and attractive credit spreads have seen risk concentrate in Europe’s investment grade corporate bond markets, finds Joseph Mariathasan
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Equity gains not enough to offset bond yield changes
[16:30 CEST 03-08] UK – Equity gains in the recent stock market rallies have not been “substantial” enough to offset falls in corporate bond yields, Aon Consulting has warned, and the result for the 200-largest defined benefit (DB) schemes was an aggregated deficit of £72.8bn (€85.7bn) by the end of July.
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Asset Class ReportsDon’t fight the Fed...
The Fed and the US Treasury combination sits like a heavyweight in the boxing ring of US fixed income. The ponderous moves open up ample opportunity for some quick jabs – but get on the wrong end of one of the swings and it’s a knockout. Joseph Mariathasan reports
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Bonds save severance funds falls
[16:50 CET 05-02] AUSTRIA – Mandatory severance pay funds posted a negative return of -1.8% for 2008, which could have been worse had it not been for their large bond exposure.
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FeaturesA driving interest in convertible hybrids
Convertibles are on the agenda. They played a leading role in financing the US railroad boom of the start of the 20th century, and in Japan in the 1980s when the countr y’s issuance represented 40% of the global convertible market. Bank recapitalisation will involve them. Goldman Sach’s agreement with ...
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State fund to boost economy through corporate debt
[16:20 CET 28-01] FINLAND – The ministry of finance is to allow the State Pension Fund VER to purchase commercial paper in “significant and solid Finnish companies” as part of a series of proposals to help boost the Finnish financial markets.
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Bond market is the key
Being small and in the middle of the Atlantic make Iceland easy for asset managers to overlook. Its prosperity, fully funded pension system and outperforming equity market mean that it is probably a mistake to do so. “Given the number of people living there it’s an interesting market,” says Peter ...
