Sentences with phrase «currency bond market»

The overall local currency bond market in Indonesia, as represented by the S&P Indonesia Bond Index, rose 14.05 % YTD, and it was the best - performing country within Pan Asian bond universe.

The local currency bond market, as tracked by the S&P China Bond Index, grew over 19 % in the past year.

Question One: How big is Japan's local currency bond market?

The size of the local currency bond market in Japan (tracked by the S&P Japan Bond Index) stood at JPY 1,154 trillion as of Jan. 27, 2016, which is equivalent to USD 9.7 trillion.

It is 1.7 times the size of the local currency bond market in China, as measured by the S&P China Bond Index.

A well - functioning local - currency bond market allows a government much more economic policy flexibility than can be experienced when tied to foreign currency borrowing.

Continued foreign currency bond issuance by Asian residents and foreign participation in local currency bond markets has contributed to this growth.

These initiatives have included various measures to encourage broader participation in local currency bond markets, including by non-residents.

But concerns about FX risk management were far from eliminated and the experience reinforced the importance of having local currency bond markets and well - functioning FX hedging markets.

The size of Asia's local currency bond markets, as measured by the S&P Pan Asia Bond Index, gained 20 % to reach USD 10.3 trillion in 2016, reflecting steady market expansion.

Exhibit 1 lists the yield - to - worst of the ten local currency bond markets tracked by the S&P Pan Asia Bond Index.

The size of Asia's local currency bond markets, as measured by the S&P Pan Asia Bond Index increased 21 % to USD 8.40 trillion in 2015, which reflected the continuous market expansion.

The size of Asia's local currency bond markets, as measured by the S&P Pan Asia Bond Index, continued to expand and grew 17 % to reach USD 12.1 trillion in 2017.

Many Pan Asian local currency bond markets are now made easier for foreign investors to access, particular through the use of exchange traded products.

Reflecting the strong demand and continuous development, the size of the Asian local currency bond markets, measured by the S&P Pan Asia Bond Index, expanded by more than 9 % to USD 6.94 trillion in 2014.

Not exact matches

MSCI's emerging market share index fell 0.4 percent with Russian dollar - denominated stocks chalking up some of the biggest losses and currencies and bonds staying firmly under pressure too.

There are currently no emerging - market fixed income products denominated in Canadian dollars; investors have to buy either American dollar securities (also called hard dollar bonds) or the local currency option.

The rise in U.S. bond yields has dented emerging market currencies and bond markets, including those in Asia.

IIF noted in a recent report that plans to privatize several state - owned enterprises beyond the Aramco deal, a doubling in the size of the domestic stock market and the trading of local currency government bonds on the Saudi exchange, which began this month, all deepen the kingdom's capital markets.

Mark Mobius, founding partner at Mobius Capital Partners, discusses the bond market and currencies.

The answer is straightforward: The Bank of Japan can buy government bonds on the open market, paying for them with either currency or deposits at the Bank of Japan, what economists call high - powered money.

Their declining currencies against the dollar (8 - 9 percent over the past 12 months), falling stock market values since the beginning of the year and high (India) and rising (Brazil) bond yields are reflecting their funding difficulties.

It puts 25 % into foreign stocks, 25 % into U.S. Treasuries, and 10 % each into commodities, emerging - market currency, bank loans, high - yield bonds, and 5 % each into TIPS and local - currency emerging - market debt.

Investments that are denominated in a given currency include money - market funds, bonds, mortgages, bank deposits, and other instruments.

These include currency - hedged ETFs, triple - levered ETFs based on commodities, unconstrained bond funds with short positions betting against U.S. Treasurys, private equity funds, emerging market debt instruments, historically less - liquid bank loan funds, and all manner of actively managed strategies packaged in supposedly easy to buy and sell wrappers.

NEW YORK, Feb 5 - The dollar rose against a basket of currencies on Monday as the U.S. bond market selloff levelled off after the 10 - year yield hit a four - year peak on worries that the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates faster to counter signs of wage pressure.

Then «tapering» talk by the Federal Reserve caused U.S. bond yields to shoot up and draw back the capital that had earlier flowed into the emerging markets, putting more downward pressure on financial markets and currencies.

After plunging to a record low of 15.95 to the U.S. dollar on September 25, the Argentine peso clawed its way back to 8.5525 on Monday as a crackdown on trading, a bond sale and a currency swap with China curbed transactions in both the legal and underground currency markets.

The emerging market slaughter will continue, especially for countries with weaker fundamentals; their equities, currency and local currency bonds and foreign currency bonds bearish slump has not yet reached the bottom.

The most common underlying assets include stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, interest rates and market indexes.

The era of cheap or zero - interest money that led to a wall of liquidity chasing high yields and assets — equities, bonds, currencies, and commodities — in emerging markets is drawing to a close.

With dollar weakness complicating the investment case for U.S. fixed income assets, flows to U.S. Bond Funds were close to neutral going into March as investors pulled back from all the major groups except Emerging Markets Hard Currency Bond Funds...

Thus, many emerging markets» growth rates in the next decade may be lower than in the last — as may the outsize returns that investors realised from these economies» financial assets (currencies, equities, bonds, and commodities).

As usual, the development of local currency sovereign bond markets has helped by providing a benchmark for pricing.

I have 1/3 of my 401k in bonds, 1/3 in a S&P Index and 1/3 in Fidelity Money Market Trust Ret (FRTXX) Currency in USD.

Issuers may be located in any geography, but holdings must be either denominated in one of the G10 currencies, or issued outside of the home market of the issue currency — effectively excluding local - currency emerging - market bonds.

«Whenever we're buying any sort of investment — whether it be a stock, commodity, bond or currency — we want its trend to be positive, for it to exhibit strength versus the market and relatable assets, and for it to ideally be in the midst of a pullback within the prevailing uptrend.

Entities in smaller markets typically issue foreign currency debt in offshore bond markets because they can issue larger, lower - rated and / or longer - maturity bonds than they can (at least at comparable prices) in their domestic market.

Volatility roared into global markets in February after a prolonged calm in 2017, roiling stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities, and remained elevated through the end of March.

That group issued a report in September, identifying ways international development banks and other organizations can support the development of local currency green bond markets around the world.

For portfolio investors in emerging - market currencies, bonds and securities — the scale of which dwarfs FDI and private - equity inputs — the quality of a country's financial institutions and the depth and liquidity of its markets are most important.

Nervousness is dominant across asset classes, but especially bond markets and major currencies are in the center of attention, with equities struggling to gain footing following the most bearish two months in years, after the volatile holiday - shortened week.

I have used a fall in exports to show how constrained Beijing's policy choices are, but I could just have easily done the same using as an example any change in the currency regime, the reform of the hukou system, the de-industrialization of the bankrupt northeast provinces, the development of the OBOR and Silk Road projects, changes in interest rates or minimum reserves, protecting the stock market from crashing, the provincial bond swaps, changes in the tax regime, improving energy and environmental policies, and so on.

According to preliminary statistics, the aggregate financing to the real economy (AFRE)... was RMB 19.44 trillion in 2017... Specifically, RMB loans to real economy registered an increase of RMB 13.84 trillion... foreign currency - denominated loans (RMB equivalent)... recorded an increase of RMB 1.8 billion... entrusted loans registered an increase of RMB 777 billion... trust loans registered an increase of RMB 2.26 trillion... undiscounted bankers» acceptances recorded an increase of RMB 536.4 billion... net financing of corporate bonds stood at RMB 449.5 billion... equity financing on the domestic stock market by non-financial enterprises registered RMB 873.4 billion...

The market dogs that didn't bark Stocks plunged, but oil prices, bond prices and currencies were calmThe correction in the stock market probably doesn't mean the end of the bull market, because of the dogs that didn't bark, writes Anatole Kaletsky.

Bonds denominated in renminbi in the Hong Kong market, known as CNH bonds, outperformed dollar - denominated and other local currency bonds in Asia last year, with a more than 6 % total return in dollar terms, as investors sought stability in the resilience of the Chinese currency, according to a report by Bonds denominated in renminbi in the Hong Kong market, known as CNH bonds, outperformed dollar - denominated and other local currency bonds in Asia last year, with a more than 6 % total return in dollar terms, as investors sought stability in the resilience of the Chinese currency, according to a report by bonds, outperformed dollar - denominated and other local currency bonds in Asia last year, with a more than 6 % total return in dollar terms, as investors sought stability in the resilience of the Chinese currency, according to a report by bonds in Asia last year, with a more than 6 % total return in dollar terms, as investors sought stability in the resilience of the Chinese currency, according to a report by HSBC.

The two largest holdings, which each represent 15 % of the total, are iShares MSCI EAFE Small - Cap ETF and iShares Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF.

The euro may be languishing now, but it could well rebound substantially over the course of a typical five - or seven - year corporate bond term, especially against emerging markets currencies that are on slippery footing themselves.

«Yield spreads over developed market bonds are reasonable, and the opportunities for adding value are more extensive, although emerging market currencies may need to weaken further in the short term.»

In his May 2017 paper entitled «Optimising Cross-Asset Carry», Nick Baltas explores the profitability of cross-sectional (relative) and time - series (absolute) carry strategies within and across futures / forward markets for currencies, stock indexes, commodities and government bonds.