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Investment manager launches income fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... traditional and non-traditional credit markets," he said. "There is a US$4 trillion opportunity set across the US and European corporate bond, bank loan and alternative credit markets." The fund manager's multi-asset approach captures real-time shifts ...

Global asset manager launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... high yield bond investment universe was in the US market, which has now dropped to 57% in line with the emergence of the European and emerging market high yield markets. "The fund's high-conviction approach to high yield bonds provides a more growth-oriented ...

BlackRock turns optimistic on credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... with the Federal Reserve's commitment to keep rates low and markets functioning," Boivin said. "We stay underweight on European equities. We see greater upside elsewhere in an eventual recovery. Europe is more dependent on foreign trade." Japan equities ...

COVID-19 damage to stretch several quarters: Natixis IM

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... policymakers continue to squabble over risk sharing while the clock is ticking," Lafferty said. "It's hard to imagine the European economy, running at barely 1.5% growth pre-virus, emerging from the spring lockdown unscathed." Natixis believes the economic ...

What's next for income-focused funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... investors, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia. However, this year is a different story across the world. The European Central Bank has asked banks to defer dividend payouts until October, while the UK has seen nearly half of its biggest listed ...

Opportunities in fixed interest during crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... opportunities to get US-style spreads into our portfolios by buying names that we know the Fed, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank (ECB) are going to be buying." It has also been buying "high quality corporates" such as McDonalds, Coles ...

A coronavirus-bitten cat bounce?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... rates and infections are now prompting calls for the relaxation of social restrictions. The Financial Times reports that European governments have started preparations to ease lockdown rules. In Australia, the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) released ...

Chief economist update: Different contagion, same fiscal policy divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... year to date, the Euro Stoxx-50 has dropped by 28.9%, giving up all its 2019 gains (24.8%), and then some. While the European Central Bank (ECB) has kept policy interest rates unchanged to date, it has announced several accommodative policy measures ...

US faces deepest recession on record

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... multi-asset class strategist Marija Veitmane believes US stocks will continue to outperform. "[The] US is weeks behind many European and Asian countries in terms of fighting the coronavirus outbreak," she said. "It virtually guarantees horrific infections ...

Chief economist update: Great Scott! Mighty Mo to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
I would have described him as 'super', but I've already used that moniker in reference to former European Central Bank (ECB) president Marion Draghi when he did "whatever it took" to save the splintering of the single currency region from ...