Fixed Income
Higher sector risk after Singapore bond defaults
Asset managers believe that the country’s bond defaults are a concern, but stopped short of saying they would spread outside the energy-related sectors.
Emerging Markets | 15 Jul 16
EI Sturdza launches new emerging market fixed income fund
EI Sturdza has launched a new emerging bond fund investing in what it calls “high quality” EM fixed income bonds.
Fixed Income | 4 Jul 16
Axa launches short duration bond fund
Axa Investment Managers has launched an inflation-focused, short duration bond fund
Bearish investors resort to indiscriminate selling
If fund flows are a reliable sentiment gauge, investors were at their most bearish since the autumn of 2011 on the eve of the Brexit vote. And the referendum outcome may have only exacerbated this trend.
Fixed Income | 1 Jul 16
Booze and tobacco boost post-Brexit UK bond market
The success of Brown-Forman’s and British American Tobacco’s (BAT) sterling bond issuance Thursday proves investors are still jonesing for quality UK bonds, said Chris Bowie, portfolio manager at TwentyFour Asset Management.