The number of insolvencies in Singapore is expected to accelerate by 15% to 222 this year from 193 in 2016 – the highest in Asia-Pacific, according to a study by Euler Hermes.
Tag: Fixed Income
GSAM: Volatility will rock corporate credit
Stronger volatility is coming and credit risks are not properly priced into the market due to investors chasing yield, said Jonathan Xiong, head of the fixed income alternatives group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Allianz advises short duration
Interest rate volatility has spiked and investors are urged to stay away from long-duration bonds, especially in developed markets.
Fixed income robo-advisor eyes China market
Bondit, a fixed income-focused B2B robo-advisor, aims to capture the growing demand for China bonds over the medium term by partnering with mainland financial data provider Wind Info.
Will 2017 be good for inflation-linked bonds?
Inflation is set to head higher in the US after Donald Trump’s victory, putting inflation-linked assets in the spotlight.
EMD risks abating, argues Axa IM
General risks for investors in emerging-market debt are ebbing, which is why global institutional investors are likely to continue to add exposure, said Michael Ganske, portfolio manager at Axa Investment Managers.
Are Chinese properties ‘too big to fail’?
The property sector accounts for a significant portion of GDP and the government continues to prop it up, analysts said.
OMGI keen on EM sovereign bonds
Old Mutual Global Investors is overweight Indonesian and Indian government local currency bonds.
Chinese ETFs see unprecedented capital inflows
While money market ETFs are losing their attractiveness due to near zero interest rates in most parts of the world, they are popular in China as the recent stock rout has investors turning to fixed-income products for safety.
BMO PB overweights European equities
Europe and Japan equities are favoured, but a key investment risk is China’s GDP surprising to the downside, said Edmund Yun, executive director and head of investment for Asia, who shared his second half views with Fund Selector Asia.
