Credit Suisse CoCos wipeout creates opportunity for bond funds amid the chaos
Are reports of the AT1 sector’s ‘death’ exaggerated?
Are reports of the AT1 sector’s ‘death’ exaggerated?
The last year has seen a dramatic increase in demand with bonds ‘becoming a preferred asset class’
‘Wealth managers try and undercut each other, but we find that clients increasingly recognise you get what you pay for’
‘Effectively 14 years of previous bond overweights have been already erased’
For professional investors only Fixed income ETFs have captured 52% of all flows into the European ETF market so far this year , as a broad range of investors begin to embrace the simplicity of the ETF structure. Record low interest rates and bond yields are also pushing investors to focus on how fees cut…
Gilt markets were unfazed by Wednesday’s Budget announcements with the chancellor merely “tinkering” without hitting expectations, according to RLAM.
Despite its critics, the fixed income opportunity set has grown significantly since the financial crisis and is likely to continue to play a vital role in any multi-asset portfolio
S&P last week said 2015 will see the highest number of defaults since 2009, and so with the end of an era of very cheap money in sight, should bond investors be worried?
Bond fund managers have taken a kicking from the money pages of late with accusations of bad decision making, as well as being overpaid and, more importantly, ill prepared for a liquidity squeeze.
The expected US interest rate hike coming some time this year has spurred investor interest in unconstrained fixed income strategies, according to Amanda Stitt, investment director at Legg Mason.