Credit – Page 8
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InterviewsOn the record: Private credit
As the valuations of traditional credit assets look stretched, we asked two Danish institutions how they invest in alternative credit markets
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Asset Class ReportsCredit: In the eye of the storm
What are the prospects for the credit markets as central bank turn dovish and economic activity slows down?
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EventIPE Seminars - Credit and Alternatives
10 September - 10 October, 2019: The IPE Seminar Series visits different cities across Europe each year and provides pension funds and similar institutional investors with insight, valuable advice and inspiration, as well as a forum for discussion of the latest issues.
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Special ReportCredit default swaps: A bridge too far
The practice of managed defaults – in which otherwise solvent companies deliberately default on their debt – has prompted moves towards tighter regulation
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News
Border to Coast primes managers ahead of £6bn fixed income search
£45bn local authority pension pool will soon start the manager selection process for sterling investment grade and multi-asset credit mandates
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Special ReportAsset Allocation: Private credit is here to stay
Despite warnings of its imminent demise the asset class is here to stay
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Special ReportMarket Trends: Critical point
Private market lending now faces an important turning point
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Special ReportManager selection: Facing a difficult test
The resilience of private debt funds will be tested in the forthcoming downturn
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Special Report
Trade Finance: Funding tradewinds
Trade finance can offer an illiquid position in a volatile market, but its idiosyncratic nature can dissuade investors
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Special ReportMulti-asset strategies: New tools
Quantitative easing has distorted the fixed-income markets, resulting in an increased need to manage liquidity within credit strategies
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Asset Class ReportsInvestment Grade Credit: Veering between extremes
Capital markets are fluctuating between optimism and pessimism
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Asset Class ReportsRatings: When corporates can trump sovereigns
Several factors can place corporate credit ratings higher than that of the domicile country
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Asset Class ReportsIssuance: Down but not out
The huge growth of BBB-rated credits in the investment-grade sector has raised some concern but there are opportunities for investors
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NewsFitch launches ESG credit rating ‘relevance’ scores
Data published to enable investors to ‘agree or disagree’ with impact of ESG issues on credit ratings
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News
2019 Outlook: Preparing for the downside, part 2
IPE analyses fixed income outlooks from JP Morgan Asset Management, Janus Henderson, Fidelity, and Pictet
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News
Scheme consolidator secures £225m funding from credit specialist
TPG Sixth Street Partners to invest in Clara-Pensions, with backing set to rise to £500m
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Features
Credit allocations: Time for a re-balancing act
Investors are ignoring indicators that should encourage a more selective approach to credit
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News
Private credit market to hit $1trn by 2020, survey says
German investors dominate European allocators to unlisted debt instruments
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NewsMandate roundup: UK pension pool confirms £1bn smart beta allocation
Plus: Family office hunts securitised credit investor; Danish foundation wants EM manager; German state appoints Hermes EOS
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Special Report
Convertible Bonds: Just the ticket
US convertible bonds have come into their own in the low-interest-rate environment
