March 11, 2025
Fixed Assets

TCW Fixed Income ETF Platform Crosses $1 Billion in Assets Under Management

Firm Sees Ongoing Strong Asset Growth Across Newly Launched Fixed Income ETF Platform LOS ANGELES, March 10, 2025–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The TCW Group, Inc., a leading global asset manager, today announced that its recently-launched fixed income ETF platform now manages in excess of $1.2 billion in assets. TCW is known in the industry for excellence in both

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Financial Assets

What’s happening to high yield bonds right now?

The high yield bond market’s performance has benefitted in recent years from the number of clients buying into the asset class with a focus on the income, rather than capital gain, according to Ian Francis, who runs the CQS New City High Yield fund. Many investors buy bonds in anticipation that the price will rise.

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Fixed Assets

Guide to fixed income in uncertain times

The UK fixed income market is experiencing volatility amid economic and fiscal challenges.  Gilt yields remain elevated due to lingering inflation, currently at 2.5 per cent, and weak GDP growth – 0.1 per cent in November 2024.  A cautious Bank of England has also pared back on the number of rate reductions it plans to

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Fixed Assets

Building a resilient fixed income portfolio

Duration and credit risk are two major risks and drivers of returns of the fixed income asset class.  So how do investors manage this balancing act? Credit risk is the risk that a company’s creditworthiness may deteriorate, increasing the likelihood that they will either default or be downgraded to reflect a higher likelihood of default. 

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Financial Assets

Vanguard Calls Corporate Bonds ‘a Real Deal’ for Investors

(Bloomberg) — Corporate bonds are likely to outstrip Treasuries for a seventh straight year as the market steadies and elevated interest rates bolster returns, according to Vanguard Group Inc. Most Read from Bloomberg “Yields are attractive compared with those observed since the 2008 global financial crisis,” the asset manager’s fixed-income team, led by Sara Devereux,

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Financial Assets

How do Indian family offices invest money? Decoding their asset allocation | Personal Finance

3 min read Last Updated : Aug 29 2024 | 9:09 AM IST Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) are gaining traction among Indian family offices as a preferred tool for accessing private markets and startups, showed a report by Sundaram Alternatives, which caters to the investment needs of high net-worth individuals (HNIs) with offerings across

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Financial Assets

HSBC Asset Management launches Euro Fixed Term Bond 2028 fund

HSBC Asset Management has launched the HSBC Euro Fixed Term Bond 2028 fund. The strategy, which invests primarily in Euro-denominated investment grade corporate bonds from developed markets, will offer access at launch to yields of between 4-4.3% over a four-year term. At maturity in 2028, the fund aims to return net invested capital to shareholders.

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Financial Assets

Avoid This Big Bond Investing Mistake

It’s been a wild month for markets, and bonds were no exception. Yields on the 10-year US Treasury note dropped from 4.29% to 3.78% in days amid worries about a weakening economy and the prospect of deeper-than-expected interest rate cuts. The bond market has stabilised, but yields are still roughly 1% lower than their April

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Operating Assets

RBI policy: Investors should opt for short to medium-term duration funds | Personal Finance

Illustration: Binay Sinha 2 min read Last Updated : Aug 08 2024 | 10:03 AM IST Amidst global economic uncertainty, India’s equity and fixed income markets are displaying cautious optimism. India’s 10-year bond yields rallied by more than 10 bps over July 2024 and US 10-year yields are down by more than 35 bps.

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