Fixed Income – Page 4
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Trump’s tariff announcements weigh on sentiment
As tariff announcements garner huge amounts of media attention, financial market reactions have been muted. Participants are trying to beat off tariff fatigue and assess the best path through all the smoke and mirrors.
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FeaturesAnother strong year ahead for green bond market as EU regulations set to drive demand
Against all the odds, the green bond market had a good 2024. In a year when inflows into global sustainability funds were slashed in half, green bonds recorded their second-highest annual issuance levels ever, with more than $560bn (€536bn) of labelled paper sold
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator - April 2025
Since 1900, the US has waged numerous wars but has won only three without allies. This is the sobering background for recent US geopolitical policy moves: changing sides from Ukraine to Russia, interfering in German elections and behaviour at the NATO ministerial meeting.
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator - March 2025
Political risk has risen to boiling point. Donald Trump’s talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, without as much as a Ukrainian presence, left the US without allies or credibility, especially in Europe.
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NewsState Street loses £28bn of The People’s Pension’s assets to Amundi and Invesco
State Street has previously managed all of the master trust’s assets worth £32bn
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NewsOsmosis Investment Management to launch Dutch fixed income franchise
The new firm will be led by former Robeco fixed income CIO Victor Verberk and is planning to launch sustainable investment-grade bond and high-yield funds within a year
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NewsTPT Investment Management launches £720m investment grade bond fund
This is the fifth of TPTIM’s seven planned fund launches
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NewsFondaereo selects asset managers as it sets up new sub-funds
The scheme is selecting managers to invest assets worth €265m
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NewsInflows to Spezialfonds stagnates as investors eye direct fixed income allocations
Spezialfonds also failed to record higher inflows year-on-year in 2024 from retirement benefit schemes
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NewsAP7 posts 27.3% return after ‘fantastically good year’
Swedish premium pension default fund reports leverage and weaker krona magnified strong stockmarket last year
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Asset Class ReportsTrade and economy weigh on European credit
Despite trade worries and a challenging economic outlook, appetite for European credit remains robust, bolstered by refinancing activity and a supportive ECB stance
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Asset Class ReportsEurope investment outlook: Search for opportunities amid the gloom
We asked fixed-income managers for their views on Europe’s outlook as Germany and France grapple with structural challenges and political uncertainty.
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ResearchIPE institutional market survey: Investment grade credit managers 2025
IPE’s 2025 Investment Grade Credit Survey covers 55 managers with a total of €3.6trn in assets managed in investment-grade credit strategies globaly.
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NewsSwiss schemes nudged to cut fixed income amid low interest rates
From 2014 to 2022, Swiss pension schemes’ allocation to fixed income investments fell from 39.2% to 31.7%
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NewsPensionDanmark to ramp up equities after 17% stocks gain in 2024
Danish pension fund to increase the equity proportion particularly for younger scheme members, and postpone risk reduction starting point by five years to age 50
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Trump 2.0 sends global markets out of sync
Trump’s re-election prompted a rally in US assets, but elsewhere in global markets investors did not react positively
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator - January 2025: hard to pick short-term winners
IPE’s latest manager expectations survey finds high net sentiment across most main asset classes as allocators weigh the Trump trade
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NewsDutch pension fund appetite for mortgages almost saturated
Most schemes have now reached their target allocation to the asset class, which is also experiencing renewed competition from listed bonds
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NewsAssociations back credit ratings in EU post-trade transparency framework
BVI, AFME, bwf, EFAMA and ICMA are asking for a distinction between investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds
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NewsNorway’s SWF seeks green light to sell slowly-growing Russian assets
NBIM also makes first Israeli company blacklisting since ethical council stepped up its stance regarding Palestinian territory occupation
