With interest rates moving, fixed-income assets are back in the spotlight—and retail investors are beginning to take notice. As the bond market matures and digital platforms drive accessibility, Aspero is emerging as a trusted bridge between opportunity and understanding. We caught up with Irfan Mohammed, CEO & MD of Aspero, to understand the dynamics shaping India’s
The roots of what we now call fixed income go back at least 250 years, when the British government issued “Consols”—a type of perpetual bond used to finance wars. These bonds had no maturity date and paid fixed coupons indefinitely, until redeemed by the government. The term gained prominence with the advent of modern portfolio
Mumbai: Corporates are increasingly turning to the bond market, with a higher preference for short-term bonds, as banks have been slow in passing on previous rate cuts. Corporates have issued ₹61,200 crore in up to five-year bonds in May 2025, nearly three times the funds raised in May 2024 for the same tenure, prime database
Big U.S. companies are starting to inch back into the corporate bond market despite all of the uncertainty around kind of everything in this economy. And companies haven’t just been issuing bonds here in the U.S.; Google’s parent company Alphabet just announced that it sold more than $7.5 billion worth of Eurobonds. American companies that
There’s a midcentury wonder funded with school bonds getty With the whipsawing in the markets over the last month, a concern du jour has arisen. What if the United States cannot sell its bonds to the old reliable ready purchasers, to the same always game counterparties? The Chinese appear to be disgorging themselves of their
(Bloomberg) — Billed on Wall Street as so rock-solid safe they’re risk-free, US Treasury bonds have long served as first port of call for investors during times of panic. They rallied during the global financial crisis, on 9/11 and even when America’s own credit rating was cut. Most Read from Bloomberg But now, as President
(Bloomberg) — To the traders who have been piling into the US bond market, the Federal Reserve delivered a message they’d been waiting to hear: US growth will likely slow, any increase in inflation should be brief, and interest rates will probably come down more before the year is out. Most Read from Bloomberg Even
The biggest bull run in China’s bond market in a decade has faltered, as the central bank’s delay in easing monetary policy weighed on investors’ confidence about liquidity in the economy, while a re-rating of the stock market sapped demand for debt. The yield on the benchmark 10-year government bond has been driven up to
Falling rates have historically boosted long-duration bonds. However, in 2024, short-term and ultra-short-term bonds like the Franklin Canadian Ultra Short Term Bond Fund (FHIS) and the Franklin Canadian Short Term Bond Fund (FLSD) are proving more effective. FHIS, launched in September 2022, offers a yield of 3.9 percent (as of November 30, 2024) with low
Hong Kong’s initial public offering (IPO) market is set to revive amid growing signs of recovery, including investor confidence embedded in the convertible bond market and a large pool of listing candidates in the pipeline, according to global top arranger Citigroup. Those signs include a rebound in the US IPO market, stability in China’s macroeconomic