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Fixed Income Insights
Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt: Does Active Management Pay?
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The performance of Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt can—and does—vary widely from country to country. In this piece, Barings’ Cem Karacadag explores how an active approach can be key to selecting the most attractive opportunities, while also avoiding the bad apples.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Macro Update: ECB Easing and Trade De-escalation Boost Markets
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The three things you need to know this week: More signs are pointing to U.S.-China trade war de-escalation, ECB launches new stimulus and the PBOC cuts required reserve ratios.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Macro Update: U.S. Consumer Holding Up; Global Manufacturing Still Weak
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The three things you need to know this week: Fed Beige Book cites U.S. consumption holding up well, bad Chinese debts continue to rise and a U.K Parliamentary shakeup amid Brexit.
Fixed Income Insights
Distressed Debt: Seeking Opportunity in Choppy Waters
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Stuart Mathieson, Head of Barings’ Global Special Situations group, and Bryan High, Co-Portfolio Manager of the strategy, discuss how the macro environment is impacting their outlook, and where they're seeing distressed debt opportunities today.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Macro Update: Manufacturing Sector Contracts
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The three things you need to know this week: U.S. budget deficit projections raised, the Italian Prime Minister resigns and leading indicators continue to show manufacturing.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Macro Update: Inversion Obsession
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The three things you need to know this week: Yield curve briefly inverts, some U.S. tariffs are delayed and ECB stimulus expectations rise amid fears of a sustained slowdown.
Fixed Income Insights
Fixed Income: Upending the Conventional Approach
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Michael Freno, Head of Global Markets, shares his view on where value can still be found in fixed income, despite the uncertain current environment—and why investors may need to look beyond traditional indexes in high yield, investment grade and emerging markets debt.
Investing Ideas
Cluster Cities: A Chinese Experiment in the Future of Urbanisation
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China’s success in growing city clusters of previously unimaginable size is dependent on three key factors: continued rural-to-urban migration, planning that spans disparate administrative areas, and massive infrastructure investment.
Fixed Income Insights
Private Credit: How Supply/Demand Dynamics are Shaping the Landscape
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Ian Fowler, Co-Head of the North American Private Finance Group, discusses the dynamics of each middle market segment—including upper-end style shift resulting from competitive pressures—and explains why the traditional middle is the sweet spot.
Client Life Events
Making special needs your business
The disabilities and special needs community is large, underserved and has buying power. Voya wants you to feel confident to expand your practice into this overlooked area and bring enduring, long-lasting value to the special needs community.
Client Life Events
Tips for interacting with people with disabilities
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This guide offers tips on interacting with people who have various special needs and disabilities.
Client Life Events
A Question of Special Needs: How Much Do We Need to Fund a Special Needs Plan?
Unabridged white paper covering the multitude of considerations for funding a special needs plan.