Sentences with phrase «sovereign debt investments»

The stability of the issuing government can be provided by the country's sovereign credit ratings which help investors weigh risks when assessing sovereign debt investments.

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Russ Koesterich, BlackRock's chief investment strategist, recommended emerging market sovereign bonds because of the relatively low debt of the countries issuing them.

While these countries are major contributors to global GDP, the best investment opportunities may be in local market debt in Mexico, Poland and Indonesia, and in sovereign credit in Ukraine and Argentina.

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.

See Risks for a discussion of risks associated with investments in foreign sovereign debt.

With little exposure to sovereign debt, excellent liquidity and a strong balance sheet that is growing stronger, Credit Suisse's financial strength satisfies our investment criteria.

Since 2009, he has been part of the fixed income investment team, with a particular focus on emerging market debt and developed market sovereign debt.

While both the Oakmark International and International Small Cap Funds had acceptable investment performance in the fourth quarter of 2011, the full year was not good for global equities or for our two Funds, as natural disasters (first in Japan, later in Thailand) and Europe's sovereign debt crisis took their toll.

This collateral (i.e., permissible vehicles investments) may include: (i) match - funded assets, and, (ii) debt securities, equity securities and other financial instruments issued or guaranteed by the US government or its agencies, sovereign governments, supra - national entities, corporations, financial institutions and asset - backed or mortgage - backed issuers that are the subject of credit support agreements.

In terms of what QE could include, as well as purchases of member states» sovereign and corporate debt, other options might include supranational institutions such as the European Investment Bank.

Jakarta's 38.9 % increase was driven by a substantial recovery in domestic demand in the wake of Indonesian sovereign debt's return to investment - grade status, which energized leveraged investment initiatives and drove up demand for prime office space across the capital.

While within debt portfolio of the fund, the investments are primarily into sovereign backed securities.

Looking both within and outside of the benchmark, the Fund seeks relative value opportunities across traditional investment - grade and high - yield bond sectors, also including nontraditional asset classes like non-U.S. sovereign and corporate debt, convertibles, and floating - rate loans.

The fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80 % of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes (measured at the time of purchase)(«Net Assets») in sovereign and corporate debt securities of issuers in emerging market countries, denominated in the local currency of such emerging market countries, and other instruments, including credit linked notes and other investments, with similar economic exposures.

These investments are subject to the risk that a governmental entity may delay or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt, due, for example, to cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency reserves, political considerations, the relative size of the governmental entity's debt position in relation to the economy or the failure to put in place economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund or other multilateral agencies.

Many countries in the European Union are susceptible to high economic and banking risks associated with high levels of debt, notably due to investments in sovereign debts of European countries such as Greece, Italy, and Spain.

Investment Objective: To generate income by predominantly investing in debt & money market securities issued by Banks & PSUs and Reverse repos in such securities, sovereign securities issued by the Central Government and State Governments, and / or any security unconditionally guaranteed by the Govt.

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.

A broad ensemble of global income investments, the Fund seeks value opportunities across both traditional investment - grade and high - yield bond sectors and nontraditional asset classes, including convertibles, preferred stocks, non-U.S. sovereign and corporate debt and floating - rate loans.

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The S&P Global Developed Aggregate Ex-Collateralized Bond Index (USD), which seeks to track the performance of investment - grade debt issued by sovereign, quasi-sovereign, foreign government, and corporate entities in developed countries, delivered a total return of 7.64 % in 2017.

Qualifying securities must have an investment - grade rating (based on an average of Moody's, S&P and Fitch) and must have an investment - grade - rated country of risk (based on an average of Moody's, S&P and Fitch foreign currency long term sovereign debt ratings).

Securities must be rated at least B3 (based on an average of three leading ratings agencies: Moody's, S&P and Fitch) and must have an investment - grade country risk profile (based on an average of Moody's, S&P and Fitch foreign currency long - term sovereign debt ratings.

First is that a direct investment in the sovereign debt may not be legal due to domicile restrictions of the country.

Municipal issuers have a key role to play in terms of: • Low - carbon technologies • Pollution control • Climate adaptation, such as disaster prevention and recovery We will seek to avoid purchasing the relatively few government - issued bonds that are explicitly issued to finance the development of projects, such as nuclear power plants or casinos, which are fundamentally misaligned with our investment objectives Sovereign Debt National governments around the world issue bonds (debt) to finance a wide variety of public goods including education, infrastructure, national defense, the judiciary and social welfDebt National governments around the world issue bonds (debt) to finance a wide variety of public goods including education, infrastructure, national defense, the judiciary and social welfdebt) to finance a wide variety of public goods including education, infrastructure, national defense, the judiciary and social welfare.

Although sovereign debt will always involve default risk, lending money to a national government in the country's own currency is referred to as a risk - free investment because with limits, the debt can be repaid by the borrowing government by raising their taxes, reducing spending, or simply printing more money.

These sectors are U.S. Treasurys, global treasurys ex-U.S., U.S. investment - grade corporate bonds, U.S. mortgage - backed securities, U.S. high - yield corporate bonds and emerging market sovereign debt.

The same predictive relationship is apparent for the broad investment grade bond market (U.S. Aggregate Bond Index), shown in Figure 3, as well as for 10 - year sovereign debt of other developed countries.

To qualify for inclusion in the index, securities must have a below investment grade rating (based on an average of Moody's, S&P, and Fitch) and an investment grade rated country of risk (based on an average of Moody's, S&P, and Fitch foreign currency long term sovereign debt ratings).

Our research on the Fundamental Index ® concept, as applied to bonds, underscores the widely held view in the bond community that we should not choose to own more of any security just because there's more of it available to us.10 Figure 9 plots four different Fundamental Index portfolios (weighted on sales, profits, assets and dividends) in investment - grade bonds (green), high - yield bonds (blue) and emerging markets sovereign debt (yellow).11 Most of these have lower volatility and higher return than the cap - weighted benchmark (marked with a red dot).

Relentless monetary easing across the rich world is driving the biggest sovereign wealth fund away from debt markets as it instead targets real estate investments in mega cities.

US and non-US sovereigns, agencies, residential and commercial mortgage - backed securities, asset - backed securities, investment and non-investment grade corporates, convertible bonds and emerging market debt

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Despite the Standard & Poor's downgrade of U.S. debt, a worsening European sovereign debt crisis and rising stock market volatility, the U.S. economy continues to expand and create new jobs, supported by strong consumer spending and business investment.