Credit – Page 6
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News
WTW: Passive managers ‘disappoint’ as stewards of fixed income
Stewardship in fixed income is a position of significant influence, says consultancy
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Brunel PP seeks managers for £1.5bn MAC, £1.2bn corporate bond funds
The MAC portfolio will invest in high yield corporate bonds, bank loans, asset-backed securities and emerging market debt
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BTPS keen for big voice in ESG/fixed income debate, says CEO
Credit rating agencies should step up their game on ESG, Nilsson says
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Opinion Pieces
Growing debt levels spell trouble
Credit investors would be wise to reflect upon the growing debt burden weighing on the global economy.
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Asset Class Reports
Credit: Investment grade credit markets in a pandemic
The COVID crisis has brought profound changes to the credit markets
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Asset Class Reports
Credit: High yield managers embrace uncertainty
Managers are constructive about high yield, loans and alternative credit despite the volatile outlook
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Asset Class Reports
Credit: Interest grows in Chinese bonds
Foreign investors are finding Chinese government bonds increasingly attractive
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Interviews
On the record: Safety in asset-backed credits
Simon Davy, head of private markets at the UK’s Local Pensions Partnership, discusses the outlook for alternative credit
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Asset Class Reports
Credit: PGGM - A partnership approach
PGGM has taken its credit-risk-sharing strategy a step further by forging a partnership with Sweden’s Alecta
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News
Industriens reshapes largest bond mandate into €1.2bn ESG fund
PIMCO tailors portfolio, only using issuers with low environmental impact, high social responsibility, healthy governance culture
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Velliv scolded in Danish FSA’s illiquid credit crackdown
Watchdog slaps pension fund with series of official orders following 2019 inspection
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Mandate roundup: LGPS Central launches multi-asset credit manager search
Plus: Cometa awards €1.4bn to Generali; German investor tenders hIgh bond yields brief
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MP Pension extends oil ban and joins UN’s net-zero club
Danish fund sells 24 more oil stocks and pledges to divest bonds of coal, tar sands firms
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How Folketrygdfondet calmed markets with pop-up bond fund
‘At the start of the pandemic, a lot of people were searching for answers,’ says Kjetil Houg
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Mandate roundup: LGPS Central picks EM bond managers
Plus: CHF900m credit mandate from a Swiss penison fund
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PGGM and Alecta to enter ‘unique’ collaboration on CRS
PGGM is to purchase 70% of each co-investment transaction, while Alecta is to participate for the remaining part
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Norway’s new NOK50bn Government Bond Fund makes first investments
Manager of SWF’s smaller element posts 11.7% loss for Q2
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Special Report
Factor investing: Will corona be a watershed moment for credit factor investing?
Credit factor investing is in its early stages, but models and data are improving
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Features
Briefing: A close look at active credit
Research suggests credit mutual funds and hedge funds are not delivering outperformance
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News
Increased credit allocation could improve schemes’ liquidity, says AXA IM
Expect equity to remain volatile with a ’significant risk of a second leg down’