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In january, our asia fixed income team provided an outlook for the asset class in 2020. since then, developments associated with coronavirus have dominated attention and affected sentiment towards financial markets worldwide. in this update, jamie grant, head of emerging market and...
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With geopolitical events dominating 2016, emerging markets debt once again proved resilient under stress, rallying strongly after a steep sell-off in November.
Our Emerging Market Debt team provide a review of the first quarter of 2014, including an update on the global environment and market-drivers for Emerging market debt in 2014.
Emerging market (em) debt returned 0.5% (in us dollar terms) in july reflecting income. the risk premium on em debt increased over the month, with the spread on the index rising to 367 basis points (bps). the yield was virtually unchanged at 5.8%, while us 10-year treasury yields rallied 1...
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There have been times, over the last couple of years, when we have felt like a complete muggle. Darker forces (QE and the rise of the machines), have clearly been in the ascendancy.
Global yields moved higher in January while yield curves steepened. The US ten year yield peaked at 2.95% in late February, up 0.55% from 2.40% at the start of the quarter. European and Australian yields followed a similar pattern, with 10YR bunds topping out at 0.74% and Australian 10YR yields r...
Global yields moved higher in January while yield curves steepened. The US ten year yield peaked at 2.95% in late February, up 0.55% from 2.40% at the start of the quarter. European and Australian yields followed a similar pattern, with 10YR bunds topping out at 0.74% and Australian 10YR yields r...
In our last client update, written through the depths of Covid-despair, we observed that real life and the world of markets are seldom so intimately entwined. With markets swinging violently to the downside on a riptide of fear, it was clear even then that activity was being driven by short-term ...
This article provides a review of the current markets as well as views on what the fourth quarter could hold. Portfolio performance details are also highlighted, including interest rates and FX, inflation markets, securitized sectors and corporate markets. Bond markets experienced several trend r...
Global interest rates rose during the quarter, led by the US. The US ten year yield climbed from 2.86% to 3.06
Global interest rates rose during the quarter, led by the US. The US ten year yield climbed from 2.86% to 3.06%.
All of us have been brutally confronted by a new reality in the last few months. It has certainly been crude, with financial markets swinging around on a riptide of greed and fear, as we the participants have vacillated between elation and despair. It is not surprising. Life and the world of ...
In this q2 2019 quarterly update we review the increasingly dovish attitudes adopted by central banks and the “whatever it takes” commitment to monetary stimulus, the general high yield market, our portfolio positioning and the top contributors and detractors from our five high yield fixed...
Government fiscal and debt metrics are strong but pro-growth fiscal policy risks deterioration. At the point they are forced into using fiscal buffers, the market will have repriced the risk sharply.
Theoretically, a fast-growing economy bodes well for corporate earnings and stock prices, and vice versa. Because of this, investors often cite Japan’s weak economy and deflationary environment as reasons they have been reluctant to invest in Japan. However, the data suggests that these concerns ...
The First State Japan Equity Fund invests in a concentrated portfolio of high-quality companies with strong management teams, dominant franchises and conservative financials. As long term, conservative investors, we seek to invest in companies that we believe will have high return on invested cap...
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