Most emerging market public-sector ESG citations made by Moody’s were for debt issuers in Mexico, followed by China and Brazil.
Category: Fixed Income
Asian HY attracts wealth managers
Income generation and positive relative valuations counter liquidity and default fears in the Asian high yield credit market.
Loomis Sayles backs Asian credit
Strong fundamental and technical factors should support Asian fixed income as the region emerges from Covid-19 lockdowns, according to Loomis Sayles, a Natixis IM affiliate.
Chinese investors snub bond, money market funds
Meanwhile, newly launched equity funds have continued to attract assets from investors.
UBS AM bullish on Asian high yield
Asia sub-investment grade bond yields trade at a premium to US and European high yield, despite better credit fundamentals and a more stable market structure, says UBS AM’s Apac fixed income head.
UBP re-anchors portfolios
Investors should seek new ways to protect their portfolios and to generate returns, according to Union Bancaire Privée (UBP).
JPMAM promotes China bond fund
The benchmark-agnostic product can invest in onshore and offshore China fixed income securities to generate high income, according to the fund managers.
China Q1 fund flows surge
Strong net fund inflows in China belied the trend elsewhere in Apac during the first three months of 2020, says a Broadridge report.
Blackrock overweights China bonds
Strong monetary and fiscal stimulus measures have provided ample liquidity and credit availability to support Asian borrowers, according to the firm’s head of Asian credit.
Dispelling high yield myths
Investors’ out-dated perceptions mean they are missing an opportunity to earn income from a diverse asset class, according to Federated Hermes.