Credit – Page 12
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News
Strathclyde OKs EM debt, US credit allocation to wrap up strategy shift
Western Scotland’s £16bn pension fund agrees £30m infrastructure investment
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Special Report
SME Lending: Transmission revamp
SME lending is a crucial element in any developed economy. We assess the opportunities and risks for European institutional investors
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Special Report
Credit Outlook: Selective opportunities
Investors are re-examining credit fundamentals following the strong market gyrations of early 2016. But, as Joseph Mariathasan finds, there are still concerns about spread levels, liquidity and on-going concerns about the macroeconomic environment
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Special Report
Private Debt Funds: The price of competition
Institutional investors’ hunt for yield has led to return compression in the private debt market. Emma Cusworth assesses the dynamics
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Special Report
High Yield: Beyond traditional metrics
There are no short cuts in the evaluation of high-yield opportunities, according to Anthony Harrington
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Special Report
Direct lenders take up bank slack
Lower levels of bank lending are opening up opportunities for private debt, according to Joseph Mariathasan
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Special Report
Bank Credit: Look for the whites of their eyes
David Turner asks whether investors should shun bank credit or be prepared to grasp opportunities
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Special Report
Special Report Credit: Avoid the flashpoints
Spreads and liquidity are two current (and seemingly perennial) concerns for investors navigating their way along the credit spectrum. To add to that, investors are now assessing the effect of the ECB’s announcement that it will extend asset purchases to investment-grade bonds
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Special Report
Leveraged Loans: An attractive niche
Leveraged loans and CLOs represent a niche that is increasingly interesting for European institutional investors and multi-asset credit funds
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Special Report
Asset-Backed Lending: Take your pick
Europe offers good prospects for asset-backed lending with opportunities for investors to step into the shoes of banks in certain markets, reports Lynn Strongin Dodds
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Special Report
EM corporate debt: an emerging asset class
We examine the attractions of emerging market corporate debt, which has evolved rapidly in terms of issuance in recent years
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Special Report
Investors: Focused approaches
A look at how and why pension funds are implementing alternative credit investment strategies
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Special Report
Life in an alternative universe
Structural changes in pension fund asset and liability profiles are making alternative credit more attractive to pension funds. This is transforming fixed-income allocations as investors navigate a new universe and compete for scarce assets
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Special Report
Asset Allocation: Credit where credit’s due
Alex Koriath explores why and how pension funds may want to consider a diversified portfolio of credit strategies
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News
Strathclyde awards £750m in mandates with 'enhanced yield' strategy
Pension fund to double allocation to short-term enhanced yield strategies
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News
Greater Manchester hires managers for £750m credit framework
Fund appoints three managers outside current suite of six external managers to framework
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NewsFRR awards 11 active corporate bond mandates [updated]
Total indicative size is €8.5bn, split into euros and US dollar mandates
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Asset Class ReportsInvestment Grade Credit: A fork in the track
Divergent monetary policy is driving investment-grade bond strategies, with greater opportunity in the US market than in Europe
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Asset Class Reports
Liquidity: Cloud with a silver lining
Lower liquidity in fixed income markets, including investment grade, gives rise to opportunities as well as risks
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Features
Alternative Credit: Portfolio role for alternative credit
Alternative credit provides a breadth of diversity that can help investors create better risk-adjusted portfolios for outperformance in a tough market, writes Nimisha Srivastava
