Product Week: bond closures, Iran funds, more multi-assets
Liontrust, Griffon Capital, Hargreaves Lansdown, Tilney, Legal & General IM, Ariadne, and Troy all launched new products this week.
Bonds
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HKEX to push ahead with cross-border bond trading scheme
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) has outlined plans to push ahead with the introduction of a ‘Bond Connect’ scheme to give foreign investors wider access to the Chinese debt market, similar to the way the Stock Connect program bolsters trading between Hong Kong and Shanghai.
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ANALYSIS: Time for investors to run for the hills or be brave?
It has been quite a start to the year in financial markets and the initial impulse many will have is to batten down the hatches and try to weatherproof portfolios.
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Investors may start shifting back into bonds in 2016 – Julius Baer
Investors may shift equities holdings back into fixed income in 2016 as bond yields increase, Julius Baer has said.
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2016: Navigating the Asian bond market after US rate hike
The new year promises to be tricky for bond investors after the US Fed signaled an end to the era of ultra low rates in December.
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Emerging market corporate bonds – between a rock and a hard place
Debt-to-GDP ratios in emerging market countries have been rising at alarming rates this year, according to the latest data from the Institute of International Finance (IIF). China, Saudi-Arabia and Turkey have seen the most rapid debt build-up.
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Credit Suisse CIO: fixed income in sunset days
The appeal of the fixed income proposition has waned, but European equities are expected to have strong performance in 2016, according to John Woods, chief investment officer for Asia-Pacific at Credit Suisse Private Bank.
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ANALYSIS: An opportune time to invest
Coutts’s global chief economist Mark McFarland says it may not be a bad time to invest in bonds and equities
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Deutsche launches strategic beta bond ETF
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management has launched its first strategic beta sovereign bond exchange-traded fund (ETF).
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Bond building in the Gulf
Mohieddine Kronfol, chief investment officer of global sukuk at Franklin Templeton Investments, says the underlying fixed-income story in the Middle East and North Africa is an exciting one that will run and run.
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ANALYSIS: Changing correlations in a climate of rising rates
There have been relatively few reasons to hold gilts and other sovereign bonds in the current environment.
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Four charts that sum up the bond challenge
A great deal has already been written about the challenges facing asset allocators in a world where bonds yields have been pushing lower for the better part of 30 years.