Fixed Income – Page 3
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NewsMissed SLB targets offers investors reality check on transition
Switzerland’s largest power producer, Axpo Holdings, missed its renewable energy goals by 34%
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NewsFondoposte builds bond portfolio with tilt to Italian sovereigns
Amundi, one of the pension fund’s fixed income asset managers, will overweight US Treasuries and UK Gilts
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator – October 2025: Views converge amid uncertainty
Though very few analysts expect equities and bonds to fall across the board, with the exception of Japan, the ‘neutral’ vote is very high
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ResearchIPE institutional market survey: Emerging market debt managers 2025
Total assets in emerging market debt managed on behalf of global investors have been volatile in terms of size.
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Asset Class ReportsThe evolution of emerging market private credit: Opportunities and challenges in a maturing asset class
EM private credit is evolving from a peripheral niche into a compelling asset class that should command serious institutional investor attention, reflecting broader structural shifts in global finance, regulatory changes and the persistent hunt for yield that has characterised the post-financial crisis era.
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Asset Class ReportsEmerging market debt attracts the attention of institutional investors
Poised to benefit from US decline Reforms, prudent policymaking and the end of US exceptionalism have changed the nature of lending to emerging markets
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Asset Class ReportsWhy investors still back emerging market debt
Despite divided opinion, it is clear that institutional investors have remained committed to EMD even as retail flows turned negative
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AnalysisChart watch: Buffet Indicator, inflation expectations, gloomy German corporates
Manufacturing is expanding in the US, bond market volatility is lower, but sentiment is deteriorating in Germany, the UK and China
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AnalysisFixed income, rates, currencies: US heads for soft-landing
The US economy is on course to avoid a recession, thanks to the Fed’s clever tactics, but the effects of tariffs have yet to feed through
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Asset Class ReportsEmerging market debt investor profile: T Rowe Price
That time I hugged our Russia analyst: T Rowe Price’s Samy Muaddi talks about probing EM sovereign credits during the “the biggest inflection point for the industry”
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Asset Class ReportsEmerging market debt investor profile: PGIM Fixed Income
Tight spreads show the maturity of EMD. Cathy Hepworth at PGIM Fixed Income says EMD offers something for every investor
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NewsNEST sees bond opportunities amid UK fiscal uncertainty
Liz Fernando, NEST’s CIO, says she was ‘slightly surprised how resilient the equity market has been’
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NewsSwiss pension funds scale back global government bond exposure
Boards of Swiss pension funds are debating whether government bonds can still play the role of safe haven, says consultancy Complementa
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NewsSwiss pension funds warned on equity, bond concentration risks
‘Portfolio diversification remains the cornerstone of any investment strategy,’ says PPCmetrics
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AnalysisFixed income, rates, currencies: markets in wait-and-see mode as US job markets stall
Investors are desperate for clarity on how tariffs will affect exporters and importers to the US
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NewsIlmarinen profits from bonds in first half, and tops Keva’s flat return
Municipal pensions giant Keva blames “devaluation of dollar’ for its narrow overall investment loss
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NewsLufthansa lands LDI strategy to €9.14bn portfolio as it builds on bonds allocation
Fixed income allocations rose to 49.7% at the end of 2024 from 37.6%, while equity allocations fell over the same period from 34.5% to 24.7%
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NewsDanica bans 1,700 fossil fuel firms, shifting to ‘transition-ready’ stocks
Danish pension provider draws up long blacklist of ‘transition laggards’ including Shell, Exxon Mobil and Equinor
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NewsRailpen picks Neuberger Berman for securitised credit mandate
The mandate primarily invests in securitised debt securities, including collateralised loan obligations, asset-backed securities and mortgage-backed securities
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NewsPGIM’s middle market direct lending fund reaches $4.2bn final close
The fund provides senior secured financing to middle market companies across North America, Europe, and Australia
