Tag: fixed income

Demand will continue to outpace supply in the inflation-linked market, from both traditional and new investor types, says Philippe Descheemaeker of Axa Investment Managers. The credit-orientated firm expects the positive inflows of 2009 to continue for absolute-return and inflation-linked fixed-income strategies. The Bureau of Labour Insurance continues to outsource its overseas investments with three new mandates totalling $600 million. Portfolio manager Kenneth Buntrock believes credit is still the best place to be in US fixed income. The US bank continues to expand its fixed-income team with the hire of Merrill Lynch veteran Carol Lin. Michael Hasenstab, the firm's global bond fund manager, tips some emerging-market strategies that he prefers. Aberdeen Asset Management's head of emerging-markets fixed income explains his picks for corporate and sovereign debt. Guan Ong, now running a credit hedge fund, says Asian fixed income will offer more to institutional investors facing hedging challenges. Normalcy has nearly returned to the fixed-income market, says Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management, and despite the recent widening of high-yield bond spreads, the firm ... Karl Dasher, global head of fixed income at Schroder Investment Management, discusses likely developments for Asian currencies and corporate credits in the coming months. Any country with a funding need or a current account deficit is vulnerable, so JF Asset Management sticks with countries that have more positive trade flows and a huge monetary ... The FTIF Templeton Asian Bond Fund remains highly selective about the countries and credits it invests in and is currently overweight in Indonesia, Korea and Malaysia. Aberdeen Asset Management's head in Australia, Bill Bovingdon, says the way in which central banks manage the conflict between slowing economic growth and rising inflation will ... Wee-Ming Ting previously worked for China’s Investment Company and Safe. Continuing the development of its global banking and markets business in Asia, RBS hires Paul McWilliam to help develop its primary bond franchise. Deutsche poaches Merrill's Sreenivasan Iyer to head its Southeast Asian debt capital markets and corporate coverage group. Lehman appoints Yen in an effort to further strengthen its Asian investment banking franchise.