Wealth managers batten down the hatches as US enters technical recession
Tilt towards quality and defensive plays like short dated credit and govvies alongside rising cash levels
Short Duration
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Ashmore brings in £1.9bn despite intermediary outflows
Emerging markets boutique admits performance has weakened over the year
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Asset managers peddle £50bn in the wrong type of duration
Schroders and RLAM among the long duration bond funds dominating performance tables
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GSAM fund will suit tactical investors in EM debt
Emerging markets fund will aim for duration of two years
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M&G’s Woolnough addresses difficult year for £23bn income fund
UK’s biggest retail fund has 61% held in investment grade bonds, its highest ever weighting
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Duration outperforms despite rate hike concerns
Long duration funds outperformed in the second quarter of 2018, despite investors’ ongoing concerns around interest rates.
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Blackrock expands emerging market debt range
Blackrock has launched an emerging market short duration bond fund, designed to mitigate interest rate risk.
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The assets to dominate 2018
Emerging market equities and short duration corporate bonds are just two assets which should perform well in 2018 according to Fund Calibre’s Darius McDermott.
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Robeco launches global credits short maturity strategy
Robeco has launched a short duration version of their Global Credits strategy, which focuses on developed investment grade corporate bonds with a maximum of six years maturity.
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Hermes’ Lundie: Short-duration isn’t as safe as you think
Going short-duration, the biggest consensus trade in fixed income, is not the safest bet for bearish investors, Hermes Investment Management’s co-head of credit Fraser Lundie has warned.
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AXA launches short duration bond fund
AXA Investment Managers has launched an inflation-focused, short duration bond fund
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Commodities remain hurdle for US high-yield
Carl Whitbeck, head of US high yield at Axa IM, expects the struggling commodities sector and ongoing uncertainty around future Fed action to lead to greater volatility in the high yield space.
