Credit – Page 17
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Credit: Coupons and principles
While corporates increasingly have to turn to capital markets for funding, now is the time for investors to push their ESG requirements, writes Joshua Hughes
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Credit: What’s in a name?
Confusing terminology aside, ‘short-duration high-yield’ looks like a compelling opportunity for low-volatility yield pick-up. Martin Steward assesses the risks, and underlines the importance of defining objectives
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Structured Credit: Alphabet soup: a second helping
Joseph Mariathasan takes a look at the structured credit and loans markets and finds a surprising abundance of reasons to tuck back into the alphabet soup, even after significant spread-tightening
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Credit: A topsy-turvy world
The financial crisis has re-arranged the contours of credit risk, writes Joseph Mariathasan. Deciding what represents low risk is the greatest challenge
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Credit: Different dimensions of style
Joseph Mariathasan reports on a new set of indices that add a defensive/dynamic dimension alongside market cap and value/growth
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Asset Class ReportsGlobal fixed income: Outward bound
European investors are breaking free of local markets and global benchmarks in the search for yield, writes Joseph Mariathasan
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A new taxonomy
Market dislocation and unpredictable government interventions have re-ordered the natural environment of credit. Joseph Mariathasan asks if the old taxonomies are still fit for purpose
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Dazed and confused
The causes and impact of the convulsions that have rocked the bond market for the last couple of years will be the subject of doctoral theses for generations to come. Joseph Mariathasan sketches out a first draft
