by wp-admin | Feb 14, 2025 | Analysis & Performance, Climate Bond, News
Sentiment was strong in January, with spreads on EUR investment grade (IG) corporates 12 basis points (bps) tighter. Demand for credit remains a key driver of spread performance, as inflows into IG credit remained strong, easily absorbing the high issuance in the first half of the month.
by wp-admin | Feb 14, 2025 | Analysis & Performance, News, USD
Subordinated debt markets were strong in January despite volatility in interest rates. Strong US employment numbers initially put pressure on interest rates.
by wp-admin | Feb 14, 2025 | Analysis & Performance, GBP, News
Subordinated debt markets were strong in January despite volatility in interest rates. Strong US employment numbers initially put pressure on interest rates.
by wp-admin | Feb 14, 2025 | Analysis & Performance, EUR, News
Subordinated debt markets were strong in January despite volatility in interest rates. Strong US employment numbers initially put pressure on interest rates.
by wp-admin | Dec 30, 2024 | Analysis & Performance, Climate Bond, News
The tone was particularly strong in the first half of the month, as spreads briefly broke through 100 bps (setting lows of 98 bps) before drifting wider.
by wp-admin | Dec 30, 2024 | Analysis & Performance, News, USD
Subordinated debt markets were fairly strong in December, despite a large rise in interest rates on both sides of the pond.
by wp-admin | Dec 30, 2024 | Analysis & Performance, GBP, News
Subordinated debt markets were fairly strong in December, despite a large rise in interest rates on both sides of the pond.
by wp-admin | Dec 30, 2024 | Analysis & Performance, EUR, News
Subordinated debt markets were fairly strong in December, despite a large rise in interest rates on both sides of the pond.
by wp-admin | Dec 18, 2024 | Analysis & Performance, EUR, News
In October the fund showed resilience during a weak month for fixed income, as interest rates were rising. This was notably the case in the US, where strong economic data, combined with the fixed income market pricing in a Donald Trump win, meant that interest rates, as measured by the 10-year US Treasury bond yield, moved up by circa 50 basis points (bps).
by Atlanti | Nov 11, 2024 | Analysis & Performance, Climate Bond, News
Sentiment was stronger in October, as spreads on EUR investment grade (IG) corporates tightened by 12 basis points (bps) to 104 bps. Spreads were well supported over the month, on a combination of robust macro data from the US and EU, the European Central Bank (ECB) delivering a 25 bps rate cut as expected and very strong technicals.