Current market volatility is due to uncertainty around the start date, Rieder said. He disagrees with conventional opinion that all emerging markets will be under pressure once the US Fed moves to hike rates later this year. Rieder believes a 25 basis point rate rise will come in September and further hikes will be cautious […]
“There has been a big increase in demand for unconstrained investing strategies. A lot of investors are concerned about the sell-off in emerging markets in case the US Federal Reserve hikes rates,” Stitt said, in an interview with Fund Selector Asia. “They are still drawing parallels from the taper tantrum. A lot of clients are, therefore, […]
Nearly $4trn in developed market bonds have a negative yield. Market participants are accustomed to the possibility of losing money, but the certainty of losing money is another matter, writes Jim Cielinski, global head of fixed income at Columbia Threadneedle Investments.
Pictet Asset Management has launched the Pictet Chinese Local Currency Debt fund.
As central bankers in the West continue tripping over themselves in the rush to make dovish noises on holding rates lower for longer and showing patience as Fed chair Janet Yellen likes to say, even highly cautious investors may be reaching a tipping point.
An income strategy is not limited to a bunch of conventional bonds, delegates heard at FSA’s Income Forum in Hong Kong last week. In fact, there are plenty paths that lead to consistent income. Here are three.
In 2014, European bonds were the biggest underperformers in both corporate and government bond segments, according to data from FE.
Despite the eruption of volatility in December, last year’s pan-Asia bond yields were 6.7%, according to S&P’s data.
Jim Leaviss, head of retail fixed interest at M&G Investments, comments on emerging market corporate bond opportunities and developed market default rates.
With energy prices sharply weaker and non-agricultural commodities generally under challenge, Kaan Nazli, Neuberger Berman’s senior economist for emerging markets debt, examines the outlook for the developing marketplace.
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