Fixed Income
Fund buyers warm up to high yield bonds again
European investors reduced their high yield bonds holdings by a net €12bn last winter. But the arrival of spring is heralding a change in sentiment.
High yield rebound may be short-lived
Recent high yield bond market gains may dwindle due to volatility and weak global growth, according to Nicolo Carpaneda, investment director, fixed income at M&G.
Fixed Income | 21 Mar 16
ANALYSIS: Are high yield’s new fans clutching at straws?
Money has poured into high yield bond funds at a rare pace over the past month but is this a sound move based on merit, or a case of return-starved investors clutching at straws?
Emerging Markets | 16 Mar 16
Emerging market debt – a reversal of fortunes
Investors are fleeing from emerging market debt, and optimism for any recovery in the near term is low, particularly for local currency government bonds.
Caution urged over EEA secondary share sale offer
Investors in the beleaguered Guernsey-based EEA Life Settlements Fund have been offered the opportunity to register some, or all, of their shares for a proposed secondary share sale in March or April this year. But caution has been urged.