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Special ReportStrategically Speaking: HSBC Global Asset Management
As the financial markets enter uncharted territory, HSBC GAM could be well placed to take advantage of the dislocations in Asian and emerging markets. Its aim, though, is to offer investors the full spectrum of fixed-income solutions, says Xavier Baraton, global CIO for fixed-income private debt and alternatives.
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InterviewsOn the record: Green bonds
IPE asked two Nordic pension funds how they invest in green bonds and to what extent sustainability is considered part of their fixed-income strategies
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FeaturesFixed Income & Credit: Loan covenant high tide?
Fitch Solutions outlines just how far covenant terms have steadily shifted in borrowers’ favour – at least until coronavirus hit
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FeaturesFixed Income & Credit: High-yield worries grow
Global high yield and loans still offer attractive returns but the worry is about the stage we are in the credit cycle
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FeaturesFixed Income & Credit: Credit at a crossroads
How will weak lending standards hurt credit investors in a global slowdown?
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Global economy under pressure
At the end of February, after a week that saw stock markets around the world plummet, US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell sought to calm fears, saying that the Fed would “act as appropriate” to support growth.
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Bond Yields Will Rise, But When?
U.S. bond yields have been declining for four decades; why would the next decade be any different? - Jim Caron, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, explains
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NewsSwiss pension fund tenders $2.4bn in fixed income
Derivatives are only allowed to steer duration and must be covered by highly liquid assets
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AnalysisFixed income, rates, currencies: China’s woe hits rest of world
While the speed and breadth of the spread of infection was unknown, it was apparent that the outbreak of the new coronavirus, named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO), would cause considerable disruption to economic activity in China.
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NewsWestminster scheme weighs renewable infra move
Adviser recommends at least 5% allocation to illiquid alternatives and extra 5% in fixed income
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NewsNBIM backs shorter LSE trading hours, cites better pricing
Accessing natural liquidity has become harder for institutional investors, says oil fund
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Alecta ramps up DB contributions by 16%, blaming longevity and yields
Swedish pension fund sees more life expectancy increases ahead
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: A confident start to the year
Undoubtedly a good year for financial assets, 2019 ended on a bright note with the broad, and relieved, consensus that the China/US trade conflict might be de-escalating
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News
Active management drives Industriens Pension’s 12% 2019 return
Listed equities, government and mortgage bonds beat benchmark for Danish pension fund
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Japan’s GPIF focuses on social bonds
GPIF joins forces with Islamic Development Bank to target green and sustainable sukuk
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Alecta builds real assets debt platforms as search for yield goes on
Swedish pensions giant seeks to replace banks in big-ticket direct lending
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Asset Class ReportsBuilding ABS confidence
European regulators are promoting a ‘gold standard’ for asset-backed securities
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FeaturesWhen safe haven assets aren’t safe
In the current environment, investors look set to lose money on European government bonds – a quintessential safe-haven asset
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Better than expected
Although packed with geopolitical surprises 2019 turned out to be better than expected for financial assets. Equities and bonds rallied together reversing last year’s ‘unusual occurrence’ of both performing badly.
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Asset Class ReportsUS investment grade: A year for not living dangerously
Geopolitical uncertainties are pushing investors away from longer-term strategies
