Fixed Income – Page 6
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NewsAon invests in AXA IM’s carbon transition short duration bond fund
The new fund will provide investors with strong downside mitigation and ‘natural’ portfolio liquidity, says AXA IM
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FeaturesConflict and elections set to dominate the investor landscape
Middle Eastern tensions are running high, with violence flaring up across the wider region. Combined with the ongoing attritional destruction in Ukraine, this is impacting world trade, and it seems certain that international conflict will continue to be a source of great concern in 2024.
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Opinion PiecesCorporate pensions: a close eye on yields in 2024
The final two months of 2023 saw a return to form for global fixed income and equities, with respectable single and double-digit numbers in each case. After a false start in early 2023, at least for a multitude of asset forecasters, bonds were finally back in the final months of last year.
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator - February 2024
IPE’s monthly poll of market sentiment, asking 50 asset managers about their six to 12-month views on regional equities, global bonds and currency pairs
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NewsGerman Versorgungswerke rethink alternative strategies
Professional pension funds invest €20bn per year and manage assets worth €270bn, investing 40% of total assets in alternatives
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NewsInarcassa grows AUM to over €14bn as bonds, equities rebound
The pension fund for self-employed engineers and architects in Italy recorded a gross operating result of approximately 7.7% last year
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NewsTime for different rules for legacy DB pensions, says Norway funds lobby
Drevsjø: ‘Is the goal to protect the paid-up policy or the shareholder in the life insurance company?’
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NewsPKBS adjusts investment policy to navigate interest rate volatility
To fend off interest rate volatility, PKBS cut the strategic quota it held in bonds
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NewsImpax to acquire fixed income assets, team from Absalon
Absalon has around €405m in global high yield and emerging market corporate debt assets
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NewsAustrian provident funds increase allocation to bonds, equities
FMA’s report also showed that the pension schemes reduced their allocation to real estate
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Asset Class ReportsDebt investors face European uncertainty
High interest rates and inflation are the biggest concerns as recession looms
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Features
Insurance-linked securities wind brings good news for investors
In the two decades prior to 2022, the negative correlation between stock and treasury bond market returns has been a key driver of institutional investor portfolio construction. Fixed income allocations provided investors significant relief during equity market downturns and increased expected risk-adjusted returns for the popular 60/40 stock/bond portfolio.
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FeaturesNet zero’s bond index problem
The fixed-income space has not been short of sustainability innovations over the years.
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Asset Class ReportsFixed income: Investors put weight behind bond markets
Exposure to bonds is rising at the fastest rate since the financial crisis, as investors focus on high-quality paper and the shorter end of the yield curve
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InterviewsBarings: A bond investor for changing times
Martin Horne is the new global head of public assets at Barings bond investor, but he is a bond guy through and through.
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FeaturesWill delayed economic bad news hit the market this year?
Global economic growth was below potential in 2023, but still markedly stronger than the forecasts had been indicating at the start of the year, with the US leading the way and even the likes of Europe and the UK, though hardly stellar performers, posting better than expected economic activity.
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InterviewsInvestors poised to raise fixed-income allocations
European institutions discuss their strategies for fixed income, which is finally attracting capital as central banks reach the end of the hiking cycle
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator - January 2024
It is safe to predict that 2024 will be a year of desperate campaigning. Political surprises in the US and UK are possible and, this time, they do make a difference to markets
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NewsAustrian pension funds increase exposure to bonds
Pension funds returned 1.88% in the first nine months of 2023, and -1.34% in the third quarter of the year
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NewsMismatch between Dutch funds’ SDG demands and investment opportunities
Bonds that finance projects that contribute to SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), Life below Water and Life on Land (SDGs 14 and 15) are especially hard to find
