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Emergency Interest Rate Cuts—Will they work? Do they matter?
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The Federal Reserve has introduced emergency interest rate cuts as a way to encourage businesses and individuals to spend and borrow in these volatile times. In a jargon-free way, we answer some common questions on how the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts may affect financial stability.
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[Webcast Replay] Our Perspective: Stay the Course for Long-Term Investment Success
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We understand how the news of today's uncertainty can make it difficult to think about your investments and financial plans. We believe in empowering investor success and want to provide some perspective on what's happening in the markets and what we're doing to put investors first.
Fixed Income Insights
High Yield: Navigating COVID-19
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Barings’ Martin Horne puts the recent volatility in high yield markets into context and describes how the Barings team is both managing risks and finding value opportunities through the crisis.
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Private Credit: Why Last Cycle's Playbook Won't Work This Time
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Barings’ Jon Bock discusses the recent Insights paper he authored, which describes the mistakes that investors continue to make when allocating to private credit—and, importantly, how to avoid them.
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Distressed Debt: Despite Challenges, Opportunities Persist
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Recent market and economic volatility may be the trigger that distressed debt investors have been waiting for, but capitalizing on opportunities will require a different playbook than those of past cycles.
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Coronavirus and the Market: Our Take
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When unsettling events such as the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak and recent market volatility dominate the news, it's natural for investors to second-guess financial plans. However, we believe in taking a measured approach and longer-term perspective, perhaps now more important to consider than ever. In our video, approved for general audiences, Chief Investment Officer Andrew Lill offers his market perspective and discusses how we believe our portfolios are positioned for success. Watch now (3:00 min.)
Fixed Income Insights
Four Mistakes Investors Make in Private Credit
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Barings’ Jon Bock discusses the biggest mistakes investors make when allocating to private credit—and shares his views on why last cycle’s playbook won’t work this time around.
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Distressed Debt: Capturing Late-Cycle Value
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Barings’ Stuart Mathieson and Bryan High discuss how recent macro events and credit market dynamics are impacting the outlook for distressed debt.
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Weekly Macro Update: Central Banks & Cheap Oil Keep on Rollin'
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Central banks have turned accommodative as oil prices continue to decline and digital taxes on tech companies are likely to be implemented by early Spring. Watch for FOMC and BOJ meetings next week for further easing.
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Weekly Macro Update: Fear Itself
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This is one of those moments in markets when the news and data and price monitors spill off the screen like a bad 3-D movie and mix seamlessly with shreds of personal worries.
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U.S. Election 2020: An Investors’ Guide
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With the early Iowa and New Hampshire contests behind us, what’s next in the race to the White House? Dr. Christopher Smart offers insight into how investors can tune out the noise and focus on the scenarios that are already coming into view.