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Global asset manager launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... fundamental research and risk analysis as well as technical tailwinds, such as supportive liquidity policies of central banks and a migration of the investible universe well beyond the US," Hall said. Benchmarked against the ICE BoFA Global High Yield ...

Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... grade corporate bonds are the least risky asset in the current environment for investors searching for yield. "With central banks targeting yield curves, government bonds have become less attractive," he said. "For example, you would get about 25bps ...

Long/Short fund returns 23.2% in April

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... the fund said the surge in performance came following enormous fiscal and monetary support from governments and central banks. "The fund performed strongly due to a recovery in many stocks that had been oversold in March, along with some significant ...

Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... number of different client types and risk tolerances." Frontier Advisors principal consultant Andrew Kemp said with central banks buying up parts of the high yield bond market, investors have wanted to follow suit. "We've seen some investors looking ...

BlackRock turns optimistic on credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... valuations have come down for the asset class. "We have upgraded credit to modestly overweight. Extraordinary measures by central banks - including purchases of corporate debt -provide a favorable backdrop. Developed market central bank actions should ...

Chief economist update: Turns out Brexit was heaven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... stabilised, reflecting the partial easing of trade tensions and the significant loosening of monetary policy by many central banks over the past year," he said. "Global business confidence and other manufacturing indicators have generally picked up. ...

Credit value exists in emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... manager said it expects to see external sovereign bond issuance increase in EM during 2020. "We've already seen EM central banks move to reduce benchmark interest rates and boost liquidity, and most EM countries are planning large relief programs to ...

Listed infrastructure mispriced: FSI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... multiples despite interest rates being low to negative around the world. "I do get worried about governments and central banks printing money, but I sleep well at night knowing they can't just make more real assets like our Zurich's airport, FL electric ...

Wall Street rally runs out of steam

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... currently a fine-balancing act between bulls and bears, with the bulls pointing to the unprecedented actions taken by central banks and governments to stimulate their respective economies, and the bears who think there is a lot more bad news to come." ...

The catalysts for a rebound

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... down in core bond yields around the world, and the aggressive actions taken across the board by the Fed and other central banks, we see a clear scenario emerging on the back end of this.