fitch warns on corporate bond bubble
Declining yields in US corporate bonds are putting investors at risk of a “bond bubble”, according to Fitch Ratings.
Declining yields in US corporate bonds are putting investors at risk of a “bond bubble”, according to Fitch Ratings.
Contractions in the eurozone and Japan, as well as weaker-than-expected performance by emerging markets, will hold back global growth this year and next, the latest research by Fitch Ratings predicts.
Ireland’s recent upgrade by Fitch Ratings does not mean conditions have greatly improved for other countries on the eurozone periphery, the agency has warned.
European fixed-income investors fear that risks such as the eurozone crisis and weak economic growth will hamper the “booming” high-yield bond market, research by Fitch Ratings finds.
Fitch Ratings has urged European asset managers to “strategically review their product offerings and re-shape their activities” to focus on their key funds and managers.
Fitch Ratings has lowered its growth rate forecast for emerging Asia.
Fitch Ratings’ latest findings on the underperformance of value-oriented stock picking, published last week, have made for interesting reading but, arguably, this tells us little that we dont already know.
Fitch’s new fund ratings service is a copy of a business model that is already broken in the UK and offers fund buyers nothing new.