The US firm is intent on expanding its investment capabilities globally and sees Asian fixed income as a key plank in that strategy.
Amy Cho, Asia-Pacific business development head at Pictet Asset Management, discusses how interest in local- and hard-currency EM debt is gaining critical mass.
ING Investment Management says Patrick Chia will not be continuing with the firm, having been there just three months. It may look overseas for a replacement, in what is ...
Asian investors’ short-term exposure to US financial assets may need repositioning in face of a potential year-end fiscal crunch, says BlackRock’s chief bond ...
The US house’s head of Asian fixed income says a renewed focus on the region’s bonds should result in a change in how they are priced and traded, amid a strong home ...
The firm hires Patrick Chia from Amundi to lead what will soon become a 10-strong Asian fixed income team. CEO Grant Bailey says it shows the firm’s commitment to the ...
Fixed-income exchange-traded funds have not gained much traction in Asia, but iShares’ chief investment strategist says volumes will rise as corporate bond issuance ...
This penchant for bonds points to risk aversion, but substantial new money also poured into emerging-market equity exchange-traded products in January.
Asian companies new to issuing bonds can cut financing costs by providing more information to investors, argue fixed income managers.
Standish argues investment-grade credit is a much better place to be than high-yield bonds.
All but six of the country’s 155 fixed income mutual funds have recorded negative returns so far in 2011, leaving embattled fund management companies nowhere to turn.
The pension fund is asking managers to pitch for three fixed income mandates – its first in over four years – predominantly to invest in global investment grade ...
The CEO of Northern Trust Global Investments, Wayne Bowers, says investors are too underweight what NTGI deems ‘investment grade’ sovereign debt.
Bond fund managers in the US debate which sectors of the market will be affected if the country suffers a credit downgrade – and which could prosper.
The UK fund manager has made its first fixed-income investment hire in Kuala Lumpur, and two more are imminent.
The firm launched its Asia total return strategy in 2009 on the Ucits platform and recently brought it to Asia. It’s confident it can make positive returns in most market ...
The deal will help to open doors in Europe for Singapore-based hedge fund manager Blue Rice IM.
The political consensus in America is all about fiscal rectitude, and interest rates are unlikely to see wild swings, says the global head of fixed income at BlackRock.
The UK-based fixed-income and credit asset manager is hiring staff for its second office in Asia.
An environment favouring equities means bond managers need to overweight those sectors with equity-like returns, says Brian Weinstein.