Sovereign Bonds
Sovereign Bonds: Risk-free no longer
01 Oct 2012
Joseph Mariathasan looks at how investors are adapting to the new world of sovereign bond risk
Sovereign Bonds: The world’s shallowest cliff
01 Oct 2012
Rock-bottom yields and a poor debt outlook – brought into focus by the ‘fiscal cliff’ – make US Treasuries a tough ‘safe haven’ to love, finds Joseph Mariathsan
Sovereign Bonds: Denmark: an unlikely haven?
01 Oct 2012
Denmark’s bonds, perceived as a safe haven from volatility in the euro-zone, have the lowest yields on the market. But Pavle Sabic argues that its fundamentals versus its Nordic neighbours suggest...
Sovereign Bonds: Curve balls from credit markets
01 Oct 2012
The temptation to look beyond sovereigns for yield is understandable. But Martin Steward finds that the obvious move into top-quality corporates may not be the way to do it
Sovereign Bonds: Competing premia
01 Oct 2012
Martin Steward finds portfolio managers agreeing on the need to find some spread. But where – in corporate bonds, or peripheral sovereigns?
Sovereign Bonds: Would you credit it?
01 Oct 2012
The split between Gilts and non-Gilts could be waiting to define tomorrow’s performance in UK fixed income strategies, finds Martin Steward
Sovereign Bonds: Old certainties crumble
01 Oct 2011
Politics, not economic fundamentals, will determine the future of the developed world’s bond markets. Joseph Mariathasan finds this causing fixed income managers untold headaches
Sovereign Bonds: Over-priced, over-exposed…
01 Oct 2011
…over my dead body? Despite other options, Martin Steward finds pension funds struggling to let go of core government bonds
Sovereign Bonds: Dodging bullets
01 Oct 2011
The US downgrade did not rock the foundations of the US Treasury market, and might even have sent a healthy signal to Washington’s elite, writes Emma Cusworth
Sovereign Bonds: Sustainable sovereigns will pay their way
01 Oct 2011
Balazs Magyar shows that environmental and social, in addition to fiscal sustainability, have had a material effect on sovereign bond returns
Sovereign Bonds: Calling in the plumbers
01 Oct 2010
Joseph Mariathasan takes a look at proposals to unblock the pipes of Europe’s repo market
Sovereign Bonds: Macro madness
01 Oct 2010
Emerging market strength versus developed market weakness, European core versus periphery, inflation versus deflation – Joseph Mariathasan finds a market rapidly rediscovering its complexity
