CAPITALIZING
ON GLOBAL BONDS & CURRENCY OPPORTUNITIES Templeton Global Bond Fund seeks current income with capital appreciation and growth of income by investing predominantly in bonds of governments and government agencies around the world.
Richard Gilmartin of Wellington Management provides an update
on the global bond market and the World Bond Fund.
Richard Gilmartin of Wellington Management provides an update
on the global bond market and the World Bond Fund.
Not exact matches
A spike in
bond yields and a clear change of direction from central banks means there isn't a lot of value in
global bond markets, a fund manager told CNBC
on Tuesday.
Global bonds went
on a wild rollercoaster ride last week, with the price swings being particularly abrupt in the U.S. and German markets, which have long been viewed as the safest and most liquid in the world.
The company rolled out more than a dozen funds over seven years, concentrating
on Canadian, U.S. and
global equities and
bonds.
NEW YORK, Jan 18 - U.S. fund investors pulled $ 3.1 billion from high - yield «junk»
bonds during the latest week, Lipper data showed
on Thursday, offering new warning signs about risk appetite despite
global markets» continuing triumph.
Dip in share prices and
bond yields, along with the upcoming election has had an impact
on the state of the
global economy, causing a setback in business travel growth.
It so happened that Bill Gross, the portfolio manager of the Janus
Global Unconstrained
Bond Fund, made that 2.6 % call in a Bloomberg interview
on Friday and then in his monthly investment letter
on Tuesday.
Separately, they also argued that
bond yields are the «Achilles» heel of
global markets,» arguing that «market pricing
on Fed rate hikes, however, remains modest and there is to our minds significant risk of a more disorderly repricing of
global bond yields.
A particular group of managers who constantly update their view
on the best macro opportunities are known as ETF strategists — they use index ETFs to create a
global stock and
bond portfolio.
If Brexit - like sentiment in other nations leads to restrictions
on the flow of trade and labor, he adds, «that is going to create greater uncertainty and volatility» — at a time when some commentators believe that
global stock and
bond prices are overdue for a tumble.
Clockwise from left: Hannah Grove, Chief Marketing Officer; Karen Keenan, Chief Administrative Officer; Liz Roaldsen, EVP, responsible for leading the Beacon digital transformation initiative; Lynn Blake, Chief Investment Officer of
Global Equity Beta Solutions; (
on monitor from Dublin) Susan Dargan, Management and future development, offshore business and Alternative Investment Services; (
on monitor from London) Maria Cantillon, EVP and
Global Head of Alternative Asset Managers Solutions; Martine
Bond, EVP for Trading and Clearing; Kim Newell, EVP and head of
Global Markets Europe, Middle East and Africa, State Street; Brenda Lyons, Head of the Specialized Products Group; Kathy Horgan, Chief Human Resources and Citizenship Officer; and Lori Heinel, Deputy
Global Chief Investment Officer.
They'll be hoping the benchmark for
global borrowing costs rises even further, because their collective bet
on higher U.S.
bond yields has never been greater.
The European Central Bank is all but certain to cut back
on its
bond - buying stimulus
on Thursday, one of the biggest factors supporting the rally in
global stock markets in recent months.
In addition, interest rates
on U.S. Treasury
bonds are used as barometers for determining
global economic health [9], and as pegs for many other interest rates, including American mortgage and student loan rates [10, 11].
Furthermore, we would expect any rises in
global bond yields to be at least partly imported into Canada — with possible implications for the Canadian dollar — and with an uncertain net effect
on our economy.
Despite the mainland's capital controls, its
bond market joined the
global market ructions
on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve surprised by saying it expected to hike interest rates three times next year, rather than the previously forecast two hikes.
A rise in the US 10 - year yield to 2.998 % (4 - year high) was dollar supportive, and rise in
global bond yields also weighed
on gold with the German Bund (0.603 % - 0.639 %), UK Gilt (1.49 % - 1.53 %) reaching 1 - month highs.
In our August letter we pointed out that the turnaround in
global economic growth would continue to reduce central bank enthusiasm for QE (
bond purchases) and lead to sustained upward pressure
on bond rates.
In our August letter we pointed out that the turnaround in
global economic growth would continue to reduce central bank enthusiasm for QE (
bond purchases) and lead to sustained upward pressure
on...
To build a diversified portfolio, an investor generally would select a mix of
global stocks and
bonds based
on his or her individual goals, risk tolerance and investment timeline.2 The chart below highlights how those broad asset classes have moved in different directions over the past 20 years.
This includes work for the BHP Billiton Foundation
on the vast Ten Deserts Project — helping Indigenous Australians restore globally significant deserts — and the Great Barrier Reef, and issuing a
global forests
bond for BHP and a sovereign green
bond for Fiji.
Prospective returns
on equities and
bonds have fallen across the board after the
global financial crisis.
Let's look at an example, the Templeton
Global Bond Fund Class A. To find the load, simply scroll down some and look
on the right for this piece of information:
Scott Mather, CIO U.S. core strategies, Joachim Fels,
global economic advisor, and Olivia Albrecht, fixed income strategist, discuss PIMCO's view
on the stock /
bond relationship, value in U.S. assets, the Fed's inflation target and rising rates in 2018.
Bond fund manager who called dollar's slide says «it's not too late to move out of U.S.
bonds» Jack McIntyre of Brandywine
Global says look to emerging markets for attractive yields
on sovereign bondsJack McIntyre of Brandywine
Global says emerging markets are still the place to look for attractive yields
on sovereign
bonds.
2016.03.21 RBC
Global Asset Management Inc. re-opens PH&N High Yield
Bond Fund to new investors RBC
Global Asset Management Inc. today announced that PH&N High Yield
Bond Fund will re-open to new investors
on March 28, 2016...
But panelist Daniel Greenhaus, chief
global strategist at institutional trading brokerage BTIG, who makes appearances
on Bloomberg TV and works with clients in the hedge fund world, said that hedgies take a longer view and avoid the noise in the blogosphere: «If you talk to George Soros, all he wants is the big picture view of QE tapering: «When will the Fed stop buying back
bonds?
RBC
Global Asset Management Inc. today announced that the RBC Target 2016 Corporate
Bond Index ETF (TSX: RQD) will mature
on Friday, November 18, 2016...
When you invest in
global bond funds, however, you will take
on additional risk.
Reduces fees
on seven RBC Target Maturity Corporate
Bond ETFs TORONTO, January 15, 2014 - RBC
Global Asset Management...
2016.09.15 RBC
Global Asset Management Inc. announces final details
on maturity of RBC Target 2016 Corporate
Bond Index ETF RBC
Global Asset Management Inc. (RBC GAM) today announced final details regarding the scheduled maturity of RBC Target 2016 Corporate
Bond Index ETF (TSX: RQD)...
This feature article draws
on recent work by the Committee
on the
Global Financial System (CGFS) to investigate trends in market - making and what they mean for the financial system (CGFS (2014)-RRB-.2 We use a simple conceptual framework to assess how supply and demand for liquidity have changed in fixed income markets, particularly in markets for sovereign and corporate
bonds.
2016.03.15 RBC
Global Asset Management Inc. announces maturity date of RBC Target 2016 Corporate
Bond Index ETF RBC
Global Asset Management Inc. today announced that the RBC Target 2016 Corporate
Bond Index ETF (TSX: RQD) will mature
on Friday, November 18, 2016...
Fehr then conducted an analysis to assess which of seven asset classes — international equities, U.S. equities, Canadian equities,
bonds, currencies, commodities or cash — are receiving the most positive cash flows
on a
global basis.
Bloomberg said
on March 23 that it will include yuan - denominated Chinese government and policy - bank
bonds in the Bloomberg Barclays
Global Aggregate Index.
BTW I think the L&G
Global fund actually tracks an «ex-UK» index, so that may risk too much
on the correlation with non-UK
bonds (especially if we continue to import inflation with a weak currency... don't go there).
Composite Treasuries Sentiment: Taking a broader view of
bond market sentiment (our composite
bond market sentiment indicator combines the signal from futures positioning, fund flows, implied volatility, and
global bond market breadth), it's readily apparent that
bond market sentiment has seen a reset from relatively stretched bearishness to just
on the bullish side of neutral (i.e. the indicator is saying participants have gone from expecting higher
bond yields to expecting lower
bond yields).
The pound fell 1 % after the announcement while yields
on United Kingdom government
bonds declined, aided in part by concerns expressed by the MPC that the uncertainty surrounding Brexit will continue to weigh
on domestic activity, which has slowed even as
global growth has accelerated.
By opting for a
global bond index, the
bonds considered ran the gamut
on quality.
On 26 October 2013, a Hong - Kong based bitcoin trading platform owned by
Global Bond Limited (GBL) vanished with 30 million yuan (US$ 5 million) from 500 investors.
On the heels of that decision by the FOMC, the Federal Reserve's policymaking body, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management's
Global Investment Committee (GIC) recommended that investors position their portfolios to overweight equities and underweight fixed income, or
bonds.
The dollar's weakness should continue in at least the very short term, as
bond yields keep
on descending in the wake of QE2 and investors flock to non-dollar-denominated assets, says Marc Chandler,
global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman, based in New York.
We are currently focused
on directional valuation opportunities in three primary areas of the
global bond markets: developed - market currencies, US Treasuries and local - currency exposures in emerging markets.
Cash Allocations: I talked about this chart in the video
on the
Global Risk Radar, specifically I talked about this alongside the chart which showed valuations as expensive for the major assets (property, stocks, and
bonds), and how it reflects the trend where central banks have bullied investors out of cash and into other assets.
From early May to mid June, domestic
bond yields followed
global yields lower
on concerns about potential deflationary pressures in the US and related expectations of easier monetary policy abroad and in Australia.
This rise partly reversed earlier declines, which had reflected a number of factors: the expected negative impact of the Asian situation
on the local economy, associated concerns about the possibility of
global deflation, and the projected fall in the stock of
bonds on issue reflecting the expected run of Budget surpluses and the proposed sale of the remainder of Telstra.
On that occasion Australian
bond yields rose significantly more than those in the US, reflecting market concerns that Australia would not be able to maintain control over inflation in an environment of strong
global expansion.
The recent ratings downgrades by both Moody's and S&P
Global Ratings have placed the State of Illinois general obligation
bonds on the edge of becoming junk.