Fixed Income
Fixed Income | 12 Apr 17
Quality bond ETF providers ‘remain few and far between’
There are very few ETF providers capable of tracking bond markets in a quality way, according to State Street Global Advisors.
Fixed Income | 29 Mar 17
JP Morgan: There is still opportunity in credit
After a recent survey found more than 80% of investors believed corporate bonds were overvalued, a JP Morgan portfolio manager has argued the case for keeping money in the asset class.
Fixed Income | 24 Mar 17
How to profit from negative yielding markets
Bondholders have been penalised by traditional benchmarks that have failed to grasp the current reality of low and negative yields, First State Investment’s Jamie Grant has said.
Fixed Income | 22 Mar 17
Kames launches high yield global bond fund
Kames Capital is set to launch a short-dated high yield bond fund aimed at providing attractive risk adjusted returns, while maintaining low interest rate and credit sensitivity.
ANALYSIS: Fixed maturity funds – Has the opportunity passed?
2016 saw some highly successful launches of fixed maturity bond funds as investors took the opportunity to lock in attractive yields combined with reduced duration risk. But are such products still worth buying now, with credit spreads having sunk below their long-time average?