Fixed Income – Page 32
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AnalysisAnalysis: Experts warn of bank stress test impact on covered bonds
ECB’s banking sector stress tests have caused concern among covered bond analysts over the potential impact on the attractiveness of the asset class
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Mandate roundup: Ircantec awards five mandates worth €2.8bn [updated]
Plus: German church fund awards currency overlay mandate to Metzler; Italian education workers’ scheme shakes up manager line-up; Hampshire hires JP Morgan
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Chart of the Week: China bond inflows to hit $500bn as market opens up
S&P economists expect cumulative inflows to hit half a trillion dollars – but this would still only be a small percentage of the total market
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NewsEuropean investors seek managers for €575m across equities, CTAs, credit
Five mandates tendered via IPE Quest are closing in the next few days: emerging market equities, low volatility equities, alternative credit, CTAs and convertible bonds
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PMT ditches 27 countries from tailor-made EMD index
The €77bn Dutch metalworkers’ scheme has rolled out a new benchmark focused on sustainability in emerging market fixed income
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FeaturesBecoming a mortgage lender
More pension funds are eyeing residential mortgages as an asset class
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FeaturesFixed Income: Markets take nervous turn
Almost every asset class did well in the first quarter of 2019
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Italian telecoms scheme appoints Payden & Rygel to €250m mandate
€1.8bn Fondo Telemaco pension fund began an asset allocation overhaul last summer
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ESG roundup: GPIF, World Bank launch green bond initiative
Plus: IFC pronounces on impact investing; Campaign group drops Shell resolution
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Markets take nervous turn
The reaction and aftermath to the US Federal Reserve’s dovish pivot appears to be more focused on the monetary policy news itself and the ‘fuel’ of easy money.
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Joseph Mariathasan: Accessing China’s bond markets
Bond Connect and other programmes aim to open up a huge market in onshore China bonds. What’s still stopping investors?
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Folksam invests SEK2.8bn in World Bank bond to combat food waste
Swedish pension fund is sole investor in IBRD’s sustainable development bond
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Factor investing can apply to bond investing, says Amundi research
While factor investing is now a common approach for equities, it is still in its infancy in the bond universe
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Mandate roundup: Brunel activates search for ‘flagship’ equities fund
Plus: Austrian banking institute and Asian institutional investor searches live on IPE Quest
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UK public pension pool names corporate bond managers
Fidelity and Neuberger Berman bag mandate for £44bn investment collaboration
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NewsMandate roundup: €300m up for grabs in trio of IPE Quest tenders [updated]
Three investors are hunting managers for mandates via IPE’s RFP service, IPE Quest. £200m global equities mandate A UK pension fund is searching for ideas from fund managers for a £200m (€233m) global equities mandate, via IPE Quest. Search DS-2514 is for an actively managed, global large-cap equity allocation. The ...
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Chart of the Week: Institutions pump money into ETFs
Allocations to exchange-traded funds grew dramatically in 2018, according to Greenwich Associates
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator: March 2019
When uncertainty hangs over the financial markets, indices tend to converge. That is true for net sentiment of equities
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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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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Global economic discomfort
Fed’s wait-and-see approach to monetary policy adds to contradictary signals
