At ING, he was the head of
investment grade corporate credit, responsible for
investment grade corporate credit as well as collaterized loan obligation and synthetic collateralized debt obligation investment portfolios.
We remain overweight
investment grade corporate credit with an emphasis on selective opportunities in the European banking sector.
Includes transactions (represented by structured pools of primarily
investment grade corporate credit risks or commercial real estate assets) that do not include typical CDO structuring characteristics, such as tranched credit risk, cash flow waterfalls, or interest and over-collateralization coverage tests.
We can invest in just about any part of the global bond market but most of it is in credit so we subdivide the market into corporate credit and below
investment grade corporate credit, emerging market debt.
Not exact matches
«What we're doing is reducing exposure to more cyclical industrial
corporate credit risk around the globe — high yield bonds, bank loans,
investment -
grade corporate bonds,» said Collins.
Are there value investors in
investment -
grade corporate credit?
You can invest in bond funds by stated maturities (short - term, intermediate - term, long - term),
credit quality (treasuries, junk bonds,
investment grade corporate bonds) or pretty much any other way you can separate bond
investments.
Our team of
credit professionals deliver sales and trading capabilities across a wide range of fixed income asset classes including high yield, distressed and
investment grade bonds, convertible bonds, public and private
corporate securities, leveraged loans and emerging market debt.
In the
credit markets, both
investment -
grade and high - yield
corporate bonds had negative returns for the first time in eight quarters, with down - in - quality subsectors in each unconventionally outperforming higher quality ones.
Another way is to boost yield is to relax
credit quality a little by opting for
investment grade corporate bonds instead of triple - A government treasuries.
The iShares Intermediate
Credit Bond ETF tracks a market - weighted index of USD - denominated
investment grade corporate, sovereign, supranational, local authority and non-US agency debt with maturities between 1 - 10 years.
Within fixed income, we suggest raising average
credit quality, particularly focusing on
investments in areas like high -
grade corporate and municipal bonds.
Our Global Market Strategies segment, established in 1999 with our first high yield fund, advises a group of 46 active funds that pursue
investment opportunities across various types of
credit, equities and alternative instruments, including bank loans, high yield debt, structured
credit products, distressed debt,
corporate mezzanine, energy mezzanine opportunities and long / short high -
grade and high - yield
credit instruments, emerging markets equities, and (with regards to certain macroeconomic strategies) currencies, commodities and interest rate products and their derivatives.
Such strategies involve investing predominantly in
corporate credit, including senior secured and mezzanine loans and high yield, distressed and high
grade debt securities, private equity controlled positions, real estate
investment and
investment in pools of non-performing loans in Europe and Asia.
Bloomberg Barclays Long U.S. Government
Credit Index includes all publicly issued U.S. government and
corporate securities that have a remaining maturity of 10 or more years, are rated
investment grade, and have $ 250 million or more of outstanding face value.
More broadly, he says that while
corporate credit may benefit from aspects of tax reform (i.e., better earnings growth from the
corporate tax cuts, modestly lower
investment grade supply as repatriation becomes reality), he does not see tax cuts at this point in the cycle as a bullish driver of
credit spreads.
In pursuance of the Union Budget 2018 announcement, the board also cleared a proposal on changing the
investment grade rating from AA to A for
corporate bonds, which would boost
investment scope while ensuring
credit quality.
This would include
investment -
grade corporate credit, high - yield and leveraged loans.
Corporate borrowers have seldom had it so good, particularly at the vast majority of companies around the world without an
investment -
grade credit rating.
For example, by comparing a group of
corporate bonds (like
investment grade corporate bonds) vs. treasuries, you get a picture of where the average
investment grade bond
credit spread currently stands.
Companies with excellent to low
credit ratings issue
investment -
grade corporate bonds, which have lower interest rates because of the safety of the
investment.
The Barclays U.S.
Credit Index is the credit component of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which is a broad - based bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage and asset - backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to mat
Credit Index is the
credit component of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which is a broad - based bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage and asset - backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to mat
credit component of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which is a broad - based bond index comprised of government,
corporate, mortgage and asset - backed issues, rated
investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to maturity.
By contrast, high - quality bonds such as those found in
investment - grade corporate funds like the iShares 1 - 3 Year Credit Bond ETF (CSJ A-89) and the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD A-66), etc.), or in Treasury portfolios such as the iShares 1 - 3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY A-97) or the iShares 10 - 20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLH B - 65), etc.) tend to buffer portfolio volatility to a much great
investment -
grade corporate funds like the iShares 1 - 3 Year Credit Bond ETF (CSJ A-89) and the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD A-66), etc.), or in Treasury portfolios such as the iShares 1 - 3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY A-97) or the iShares 10 - 20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLH B - 65), etc.) tend to buffer portfolio volatility to a much greate
corporate funds like the iShares 1 - 3 Year
Credit Bond ETF (CSJ A-89) and the iShares iBoxx $
Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD A-66), etc.), or in Treasury portfolios such as the iShares 1 - 3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY A-97) or the iShares 10 - 20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLH B - 65), etc.) tend to buffer portfolio volatility to a much great
Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD A-66), etc.), or in Treasury portfolios such as the iShares 1 - 3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY A-97) or the iShares 10 - 20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLH B - 65), etc.) tend to buffer portfolio volatility to a much greate
Corporate Bond ETF (LQD A-66), etc.), or in Treasury portfolios such as the iShares 1 - 3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY A-97) or the iShares 10 - 20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLH B - 65), etc.) tend to buffer portfolio volatility to a much greater degree.
In 2015 Creditex expanded into serving the bond market, through the launch of ICE
Credit Trade, a leading electronic platform for trading
investment grade and high yield
corporate bonds.
Given the introduction of several new ECB policies yesterday (expanded QE; purchases of nonfinancial,
investment grade corporate debt; new refinancing programs; incentives to reduce the impact of negative interest rates on banks and spur lending) we think the outlook for European
credit and equities is quite constructive.
As to whether the stock market has put in a «real» bottom, Reynolds said he would like to see corroborating evidence of improving conditions, like the yield on the 10 - year U.S. Treasury note moving back up, and improvement in the
investment -
grade corporate credit market.
CIU launched last January along with CFT and another purely
investment -
grade corporate ETF, the iShares Lehman 1 - 3 Year
Credit Bond Index (NYSE: CSJ).
Bank loans however, carry sub-
investment grade ratings and have significantly more
credit risk than
investment grade corporate bond floating - rate securities.
In all, IGIH provides the
credit risk and return of
investment -
grade corporate bonds while aiming to screen out risk from rising rates.
Using total
credit premiums, trading volumes and characteristics for a broad sample of U.S.
investment grade and high yield
corporate bonds during January 1994 through December 2015, he finds that: Keep Reading
Higher -
investment grade corporate bonds, such as those with «AAA»
credit ratings, tend to have very low default risk.
Product offerings include
Investment Grade Corporate, Broad Corporate (up to 30 % exposure to below investment grade credit) and Corporate Value (no restrictions by credi
Investment Grade Corporate, Broad
Corporate (up to 30 % exposure to below
investment grade credit) and Corporate Value (no restrictions by credi
investment grade credit) and
Corporate Value (no restrictions by
credit rating).
Last, floating - rate loans are often most senior in
corporate capital structures: important because floating - rate loans are often extended to companies with below
investment -
grade credit ratings.
If you're comfortable with a little
credit risk, use short - term
investment -
grade corporate bonds to get a little more yield.
Calculating from those percentages and Fitch's total figure of $ 75 billion in 370 CDOs referencing
investment -
grade corporate credits, then Fitch - only deals would amount to $ 21 billion in notional value.
Below
investment grade issuers, whose
credit risks rating agencies view as a higher concern, and which comprise the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield
Corporate Bond Index, are yielding 4.66 % (YTW).
This flight to quality movement also impacted
credit spreads, which widened for both
investment grade and high yield
corporate bonds, negatively impacting the returns of bonds in those sectors.
It is also responsible for setting the research agenda for the
investment -
grade corporate credit team.
Lower - rated
credit indices such as the S&P U.S. High Yield
Corporate Bond Index and the S&P / LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Index have not greatly outpaced
investment grade corporates YTD, given the increase in risks.
These are bonds paying a high rate of interest because the issuers are of lesser
credit quality than government and
investment -
grade corporate bonds.
For instance, a rising price ratio for iShares 7 - 10 Year Treasury (IEF): iShares iBoxx High Yield
Corporate Bond (HYG) is indicative of a preference for risk - off
investment grade credit over speculative higher yielding
credit.
Jettison a lower quality junk bond ETF for a higher quality
investment grade corporate bond ETF like iShares Intermediate
Credit (CIU).
US and CAD
investment grade credit spreads, the difference in yield between
corporates and Canadas, tightened by.3 % and US high yield bonds tightened by 1 %.
It is based on the ICE BofAML Diversified High Yield US Emerging Markets
Corporate Plus Index which tracks the performance of corporate bonds denominated in US dollars with an average credit rating below investme
Corporate Plus Index which tracks the performance of
corporate bonds denominated in US dollars with an average credit rating below investme
corporate bonds denominated in US dollars with an average
credit rating below
investment grade.
Defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors are
credit investors; they have
investments in Treasury bonds and
investment grade corporate bonds, and they may also invest in direct lending.
What's more, just like the September - October pullback of 2014, market internals have been deteriorating at a noteworthy pace, whether one is looking at waning breadth of bullish stock participation or widening
credit spreads between
investment grade and higher yielding
corporates / junk
corporates.
Corporate bonds ETFs invest in debt issued by corporations with
investment -
grade credit ratings.
VCSH offers exposure to
investment grade corporate bonds that fall towards the short end of the maturity spectrum, thereby delivering a moderate amount of
credit risk but limiting exposure to rising interest rates.
Suppose you own a
corporate bond rated BBB (lower -
investment -
grade quality) that is yielding 7.00 % and you find a triple - A-rated (higher -
investment -
grade quality)
corporate bond that is yielding 6.70 %.1 You could swap into the superior -
credit, triple - A-rated bond by sacrificing only 30 basis points (one basis point is 1 / 100th of one percent, or.01 %).
In the next few blogs, we will detail our approach to and back - tested results of employing
credit spread (value) and volatility as factors in order to systematically construct a portfolio of U.S.
investment -
grade corporate bonds.