Not exact matches
The fund can purchase securities of any credit quality, including those in
default, but it will primarily invest in investment - grade
debt, with no more than 20 % of the
portfolio invested in junk bonds.
Rather, my impression is that the problems at JPM may be the result of using highly leveraged, illiquid derivative transactions as a «cross-hedge,» intended to reduce the risk of
default in a whole
portfolio of complex positions including (but not limited to) European mortgage
debt, but with the long and short portions of the position behaving unexpectedly in relation to each other.
Portfolio credit - linked notes are
debt securities that package together a standard corporate bond with a credit
default swap.
Corporate
debts are by the highest coupon paying bonds, however, the chance of
default is also greater, if you wish to invest in these, it is preferable to look at the ETF / MF's
debt portfolio financial ratings (Moodies etc.).
The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of
portfolio securities to achieve its investment objective... the Fund will invest in a
portfolio of securities including: equities,
debt, warrants, distressed, high - yield, convertible, preferred, when - issued... options, total return swaps, credit
default swaps, credit
default indexes, currency forwards, and futures... ETFs, ETNs and commodities.»
Among other things, the fund's value strategy results in an attractive
portfolio of emerging markets companies characterized by relatively low
debt, low
default rates and attractive yields, which are some of the main factors behind the fund's success.
This approach is used to value almost all of the credit
default swaps on tranched
portfolios of credits («
portfolio CDS») or on senior tranches of collateralized
debt obligations («CDOs») of the insured
portfolio.