Bonds
Asian debt coming into focus
19 November 2011
Investors should consider Asia first when structuring their bond portfolio and get rid of the notion of emerging market debt being junk, according to Aberdeen Asset Management. Barbara Ottawa reports
Paying heed to inflation risk
19 September 2011
Stephanie Schwartz talks to New York-based fund manager Jenny Yiu about her pure play portfolio focused on inflation-linked bonds.
Going down to the crossover
8 May 2011
The hinterland between investment grade and high yield delivers an intriguing risk profile. But Martin Steward also finds that profile changing
Re-working Asian bond portfolios
8 May 2011
One of the most striking examples of the seismic shift in global fixed income markets is the recent announcement by Standard & Poor’s that it has changed the outlook for the AAA rated US treasury...
Asia's fixed income tide turning: Franklin Templeton
5 March 2011
Asia and other emerging markets’ capital, currency and interest rate controls are shrinking opportunities in what are tiny fixed income markets in the first place.
The case for emerging market debt
4 November 2010
Amundi’s head of emerging markets debt management, Sergei Strigo, talks to IPA about the increasing appeal of fixed-income investment in developing countries
AusSuper chief questions role of bonds
4 November 2010
Mark Delaney says fixed income investments might increase risks instead of reducing them
Should EMD be regarded as a separate asset class?
29 September 2010
The financial crash has marked a paradigm shift in the perceptions of the relative risks of emerging market investments, whether equity or debt. Joseph Mariathasan reports
Absolute return FI funds
– a new generation
17 June 2010
Interest in absolute return bond funds is returning after a calamitous experience during the market crash. But the new generation of funds being launched is likely to be very different in structure...
New opportunities in emerging corporate bonds
30 January 2010
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