Credit

  • Heartwood warns of further credit headwinds

    Heartwood warns of further credit headwinds

    Credit markets are likely to face more headwinds going into 2016, according to investment director at Heartwood Investment Management David Absolon.

  • Slumping commodities requires high yield rethink – Lundie

    Slumping commodities requires high yield rethink – Lundie

    A combination of sovereign-related and company specific credit downgrades in the resources sector has seen a dramatic change in the make-up of the global high yield credit market said Fraser Lundie, co-head of credit at Hermes.

  • Axa IM adds to European credit range

    Axa IM adds to European credit range

    Axa Investment Managers is launching the AXA World Funds Euro Credit Total Return fund, the latest addition to its €8.6bn euro credit range.

  • Bonds outflows fastest since taper tantrum

    Bonds outflows fastest since taper tantrum

    Outflows from bonds funds have continued at a remarkable pace with high-grade funds suffering outflows of $3.01bn over the past week, the largest since the ‘taper tantrum’.

  • Credit funds suffer as markets mis-read rate rise

    Credit funds suffer as markets mis-read rate rise

    If ever there was an area of the fixed income market to be investing in that is dominated by sentiment then, since May at least, corporate credit is probably it.

  • How bumpy is the bond road going to be?

    How bumpy is the bond road going to be?

    Benchmark 10-year bond yields in the eurozone have more than doubled since the end of April, when they reached an all-time low.

  • Hermes rolls out absolute return credit fund

    Hermes rolls out absolute return credit fund

    Hermes Investment Management is seeking to bypass potential medium-term market volatility with the launch of an absolute return credit fund.

  • Does ECB action create ABS opportunity

    Does ECB action create ABS opportunity

    The ECBs announcement this month of measures to support the Eurozone economy has created fresh interest in ABS but the market has become very small with supply too tight to meet a further uptick in demand.

  • time to get out of credit JP Morgan AM

    time to get out of credit JP Morgan AM

    JP Morgan AM’s William Eigen argues that while there are limited pockets of opportunity in credit, it is time to start leaving it behind.

  • rethink China debt in an GEM allocation

    rethink China debt in an GEM allocation

    China started pushing its currency on the international stage in 2013 and its relative success means we should now rethink the role of Chinese credit within the broader emerging market allocation.

  • Is this the end of the road for credit

    Is this the end of the road for credit

    As we enter 2014‚ spread levels across developed credit markets are tighter than they have been since the third quarter of 2007 showing the extent to which spreads have now retraced since the global financial crisis.

  • Schroders launches EURO Credit Conviction fund

    Schroders launches EURO Credit Conviction fund

    Schroder tackles eurozone 'sweet spot' by launching its EURO Credit Conviction Fund.