Industry experts reacted with horror to S&P Capital IQ claims that European high yield bond default rates could reach 32% in 2013, a figure which is estimated to be around twice the highest default rate on record.
Robert Talbut argues that risk assets may provide better value today than less risky assets but this is more of an indictment on the lack of value in the latter rather than any tremendous value in the former.
RLAM saw inflows rise 66% to £2.3bn in 2012, buoyed by investor appetite for bond funds, which made up 88% of total new money.
Rlam has exited the Japanese and Far East active equities markets citing competitive disadvantage.
Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) is launching two new Ucits-compliant global high yield fixed income funds.
RLAM's new move into passive equity management is nothing of the sort having run quants strategies for more than a decade.
After the Autumn Statement, the ratings agencies asserted that the UK's AAA rating is even more at risk, to which Ian Kernohan now asks "So what?" as we will be in good company should we fall to AA+.
Royal London Asset Management saw net new business inflows slow by more than a quarter in the nine months to 30 September, while its Ascentric wrap platform posted an 18% decline in new assets under management.
The ECB President has promised to “do whatever is necessary to save the euro” but Ian Kernohan argues countries that need a bailout will have to appraoch the ECB not the other way round.
Ian Kernohan sees a European crisis where countries have to go cap in hand to the ECB, which means things will only get worse until they need to go cap in hand, while the ECB sits and waits for the cap to be handed over…
Royal London Asset Management’s first half of 2012 results show a 2% rise in assets under management.
Ian Kernohan points out the cheap cost of funding given how low gilt yields are but questions whether the government will actually take advantage of it.
