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Fixed income investors get new ESG rating

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... introduced a new ESG risk rating for fixed income products, which it claims covers around 95% of companies in global investment grade indices. The firm's new ESG risk rating tool provides the firm's credit research hub with a "fresh" feed of data, and ...

Challenger raising $300m, to add IG bonds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
Challenger is raising up to $300 million to add to its balance sheet and will invest further in investment grade fixed income. The institutional placement of $270 million is priced at $4.89 per share for about 55.2 million new shares representing 9% ...

S&P warns of record fallen angels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... have been 30 bond issuers worldwide to receive fallen angel status and a record 126 on a rating of BBB-, the lowest investment-grade rung. The ratings agency said moves by the US central bank to pump liquidity into the market through corporate bond purchases ...

Fed buys up BlackRock ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... program, with its ETFs making up around half of the central bank's purchases. The Fed bought US$1.58 billion in investment grade and high-yield ETFs in May; six were high-yield ETFs and 11 were investment grade. The largest purchases by the Fed, were ...

BlackRock iShares launches two ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... provide attractive, stable income streams via exposure to a diversified portfolio of high-quality Australian investment grade corporate bonds. Investors will also benefit from investing in institutional quality ETFs that meet daily liquidity and transparency ...

IFM Investors ready to ramp up corporate lending

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... Royal Adelaide Hospital. Its returns in lending to companies range from BBSW plus 250 to 400 bps for large caps, investment grade to BBSW plus 450 to 800/900 bps in sub-investment grade lending with a three to five-year tenor. Wanigasekera said it has ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... come down, notwithstanding some defaults that can come through," he said. Central banks have so far propped up investment grade credit, securitised assets and equity markets - however this has been driven largely by healthcare, and technology, he said. ...

Opportunities exist in high yield: Eaton Vance

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... investment manager seeing opportunity in European high yield markets. Companies that have been downgraded from investment grade; fallen angles, were also an opportune area for high-yield investors, it argued. "We've seen a slew of downgrades in the US ...

Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... environment, corporate bonds will still provide investors with the income they so desperately need, he said. "Investment grade corporate bonds are probably the pick of the bunch right now, as companies become focused on deleveraging (or lowering their ...

Asset consultant expands into retail market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... space if it doesn't fit our purpose. "At the end of the day, it's all about delivering on our promise which is investment out performance over the longer term."