Ossiam has announced the launch of the Ossiam Multi Fixed Income Opportunities Fund (“MFIO”), described as a natural expansion of its expertise in fixed income and absolute return solutions.
Payden & Rygel has announced the launch of Payden Global Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund. Seeded with USD50 million, the new UCITS fund predominantly invests in investment grade corporate securities , combining top-down analysis of the investment environment with fundamental issuer research to identify securities offering attractive risk/return profiles.
Paul Benson, head of Systematic Fixed Income, Insight Investment, writes that systematic fixed income approaches are finally hitting the mainstream. If you are starting to incorporate them, make sure your managers have a long and proven pedigree, he says.
2024 has been the strongest ever year for green bond sales, with deals topping USD356 billion in the first six months, according to research from Bloomberg.
ndosuez Wealth Management has announced the launch of Indosuez Funds – Chronos Green Bonds 2028, writing that this is the first SFDR bond fund in the Indosuez range to be classified as Article 9.
Tim Crawmer and Frasat Shah of Payden & Rygel write that higher yields are attracting more demand from investors. Also, given that equities had a strong year last year, big funds have taken some chips off the table in equities and put them into fixed income.
USD20 billion investment group, Nedgroup Investments, has announced the launch of its new Global Strategic Bond fund.
Juan Nozal, Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at MAPFRE Asset Management, talks about the outlook for fixed income assets over 2024, in what he predicts will be an outstanding year for this asset class.
Inflation, market volatility, and lower than expected investment returns challenged institutional investors in the US throughout 2022 and early 2023, yet investors remain optimistic, according to Cerulli Associates.
Electronic marketplace operator, Tradeweb Markets Inc has announced a strategic partnership to develop the next generation of fixed income index pricing and index trading products.
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