Government Bonds – Page 10
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News
One year to go: Brexit’s impact in four charts
12 months away from Brexit, IPE looks at what the decision to leave the EU has – and hasn’t – done for the pensions and investment sectors
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NewsLiability-matching portfolios ‘should also generate returns’
Panellists at Pensioen Pro conference call for Dutch government to issue inflation-linked bonds
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NewsWhy quantitative tightening won’t happen
Asset owners and economists argue that the UK central bank will struggle to ‘normalise’ its balance sheet any time soon
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Joseph Mariathasan: Discount rates and error margins
If too much credence is given to measurements without understanding their limitations, it can create chaos
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Features
Asset Allocation: What’s changed?
While there was general acknowledgement that this year would indeed bring more volatility to financial markets, the sharpness of February’s stock market moves was still surprising
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FeaturesIPE Expectations Indicator: March 2018
What does one expect to happen when positive sentiment declines across the board? What we know is that near universal sentiment movements do not happen often
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News
Dutch naval scheme to invest in residential mortgages
Investment comes at the expense of non-euro-denominated government bonds
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NewsUK funding deficit halved in January despite equity downturn
PPF data shows combined DB deficit fell from £104bn to £51bn during January
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Features
Fixed income: A different breed
Bond indices are different to their equity equivalents but no less important to passive investment models
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Features
Asset allocation: A still unusual business cycle
There is consensus that last year’s global growth trade will continue into 2018. However, with today’s high valuations, risk assets might reward less than in 2017
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Features
Ahead of the curve: Why bond covenants matter
For bond investors, who lack a shareholder vote, covenants are the G (or corporate governance) in ESG
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FeaturesIPE Expectations Indicator: February 2018
Given the similarities between the February 2018 and February 2017 expectations surveys, it may be appropriate to wish everyone a ‘happy same year’
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NewsEmerging markets fuel 6.7% return at Switzerland's Publica
Plus: Corporate pension plans’ funding nearly at 10-year highs
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NewsFRR awards €5bn in liability-matching mandates
AXA IM and Amundi appointed to run assets to help meet payments to social security system
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FeaturesIPE Expectations Indicator: January 2018
It would be an understatement to say the shine has left the US equity market, given this month’s manager expectation submissions
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Spanish pension funds' returns continue in positive territory
Euro-zone equities have been the best performing allocation for Spanish investors this year
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Features
Fixed income, rates, currencies: Bullish trend surprises markets
Few predicted that so soon after the election of Donald Trump to the US presidency, the stock market would get back into its (post-financial crisis) bullish trend
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FeaturesIPE Expectations Indicator: December 2017
This survey has rarely found such consensus among asset managers as we see in this month’s survey. Virtually no manager expects euro-zone equities to fall or euro bond prices to rise
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Netherlands roundup: Oil scheme weighs joining PGB
Also: Pension funds increase ‘safe haven’ allocations; government delays pension age rise
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FeaturesIPE Expectations Indicator November 2017
Just when some major themes seemed to be on pause, managers’ expectations crept into rarified territory, while in others themes in place since at least 2014 have gathered momentum. Whether valuation extremes are appropriate, managers believe they will continue.
