Fixed Income
In-depth reporting on fixed income investing for our pension fund and asset management readers from IPE’s award-winning journalists. Covering credit, emerging market debt, government bonds, high yield bonds, investment grade credit, insurance-linked securities and private debt - plus, fixed income asset class reports
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Asset Class ReportsEmerging market debt outlook 2026: Bottom-up analysis remains critical
Many EM countries have improved their macro fundamentals, but rising US Treasury yields pose a challenge
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ResearchIPE institutional market survey: Emerging market debt 2026
The headline figure from IPE’s survey of emerging market debt (EMD) assets invested on behalf of global and European institutions has been volatile in recent years.
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FeaturesIPE Expectations indicator - September 2026: Equity confidence holds as inflation and political risk weigh on bonds
It is quite possible that Donald Trump overplayed his hand by allowing trade negotiations with Canada to break down. Support for Canadian PM Mark Carney has increased, and Canadians are pulling together.
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Portfolio StrategyActive fixed income ETFs: Growing demand, sophisticated use and the case for investors
Adoption of active bond ETFs is growing in leaps and bounds, and their use is becoming increasingly sophisticated, writes Gail Moss
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Asset Class ReportsFinisterre's Damien Buchet on building an all-weather emerging market debt total return strategy
Damien Buchet says Finisterre’s EMD strategy is an ‘all-weather’ approach designed to deliver optimal outcomes in any market condition
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Portfolio StrategyHow FRR's new climate transition index uses emissions data, green revenues and temperature scores
The French pension reserve fund is trialling an index that looks at emissions, green spending, implied temperature rises and market consensus
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Asset Class ReportsMiddle East fixed income: Ninety One's Victoria Harling on MENA credit opportunity
Victoria Harling at Ninety One says that despite geopolitical unrest, the Middle East is very much “open for business”
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Asset Class ReportsFrontier market debt flies into view of investors’ radars
Historically seen – with justification – as too risky, countries such as Argentina and Ghana have restructured their debts with the IMF and now demonstrate greater fiscal responsibility
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Opinion PiecesAI boom highlights a flawed bond market
Mark Versey, CEO of Aviva Investors, explains how AI-driven debt issuance is exposing passive bond investors to growing concentration risks and undermining traditional index diversification
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News
Cambridge University launches long-awaited green index
The University of Cambridge and Bloomberg have unveiled what they claim to be “the first fixed-income index to exclude companies involved in, or financing the development of fossil fuels”. The ‘BCam’ index exclude companies in thermal coal, oil and gas value chains, as well as electric utilities that are expanding ...
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NewsDiverging 2025 pension fund returns expose impact of asset allocation
‘Jurisdictions with higher equity exposure benefited more from the strong performance of global equity markets,’ says OECD in preliminary report
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NewsGermany picks DWS-led consortium for €6bn corporate bond mandate
German public pension reserves will invest up to €6bn in a DWS-managed Paris-aligned European corporate bond fund
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Asset Class ReportsAvoiding landmines: BNPPAM’s Boutaïna Deixonne is optimistic on European high-yield
In the high-yield space specifically, fundamental credit research plays a crucial role in guiding our investment decisions, says BNPPAM’s Boutaïna Deixonne
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Asset Class ReportsUnderdogs no more: Investors see opportunities in European bank credit
Investors are eyeing selective, liquid opportunities in European bank credit as an alternative to private lending
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ResearchWhat’s driving the UK’s £3.4trn institutional market? IPE’s exclusive market insight report
BlackRock has retained its position as the largest manager of UK institutional assets for the second consecutive year, as consolidation, pension risk transfer activity and the rise of private markets continue to redraw the boundaries of the UK pensions industry, according to IPE’s exclusive annual survey.
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FeaturesIPE Expectations indicator - July 2026: Hormuz in bonds, but not in equity
Peace in Iran is at last focussing on the Strait of Hormuz. Iran seems to have dropped its demands for tolls, but continues to insist on its sovereignty over the waterway. The US has realised EU countries and the UK will not support it in its demands.
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AnalysisFixed income, rates, currencies: AI dominates investment sentiment
Despite fears of a growing bubble, artificial intelligence remains the key driver for investors
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Asset Class ReportsLooking both ways: Aviva Investors’ Fabrice Pellous on his framework for underwriting credit risk
As the global head of high yield at Aviva Investors, Fabrice Pellous is focused on both top-down and bottom-up views
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FeaturesIPE Expectations Indicator – June 2026: Politics are trumping growth prospects
The US war in Iran is suffering from unexpected consequences. Oil companies look like short-term winners, long term losers and they are vulnerable to windfall profit taxes. US enterprises, not subject to pressure to limit CO2 are more vulnerable, but internationals around the globe profit from being better prepared.
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InterviewsUK pension funds PPF and USS on LDI and fixed income risk management
The PPF takes a dynamic approach in its LDI portfolio, while USS’ head of fixed income outlines the scheme’s globally diversified rates hedge
