The Templeton Global Bond Fund has demonstrated a particular knack for picking
sovereign bonds offering decent yields in strengthening economies, and may take sizeable positions in diverse currencies such as the South Korean won or Mexican peso.
It shows a knack for picking
sovereign bonds offering decent yields from developing countries with strengthening economies.
That's pretty much it for the high quality,
sovereign bonds offered in any real size.
Not exact matches
So the competition
offered by
sovereign bonds to gold — the other save haven investment — is basically gone from a practical point of view for people who will hold gold or
bonds.
Let's be realistic, while a 10 year U.S. Treasury
Bond pays 2.7 %, a similar maturity of Indian
sovereign Bond is
offering a yield of 8.8 %!
They
offer higher returns than many kinds of
sovereign bond ETFs, including Treasurys, which have had rock - bottom interest rates for years.
Hence, aside from the portfolio diversification benefit and currency exposure, allocating to U.S. Treasuries this year
offered better yields and total returns than Japanese
sovereign bonds.
With a portfolio composed of investment - grade debt from corporate,
sovereign and supranational issuers with three - year maximum maturities, the iShares 1 - 3 Year Credit
Bond ETF (NYSEARCA: CSJ) aims to
offer a higher distribution yield than comparable all - Treasury funds, but it does have a marginally higher credit risk.
Oakland, CA, USA, and Zurich, Switzerland — Global Footprint Network, an expert in natural resource accounting, announced an agreement with carbon footprinting provider South Pole Group to strengthen their respective
offerings by collaborating on comprehensive climate and carbon impact assessment services for
sovereign bond investors.
Linklaters is the only foreign institution who has participated in all of the international
offerings by the Ministry of Finance since 2009, including its London listed Renminbi
bond last year — the first ever Chinese
sovereign Renminbi
bond issued outside of China.
We also advise clients on the full range of equity and debt securities transactions, including eurobond
offerings by corporations and
sovereigns, medium - term note programs, high - yield debt
offerings, convertible and exchangeable
bond offerings, initial public
offerings (IPOs), global depositary receipt (GDR) and American depositary receipt (ADR) programs, and
offerings of Sukuk (Islamic
bonds).