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Streaming Income - EM Debt: A Brightening Picture?
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After a rocky 2018, the picture may be brightening for emerging markets debt. From rising rates to trade wars, some of last year’s headwinds look to be receding, at least for now. Barings’ Ricardo Adroguè and Omotunde Lawal highlight opportunities they’re seeing from Mexico and Brazil to more challenged geographies like Turkey and Argentina—and provide insight into how they’re thinking about political hotspots like Venezuela.
Fixed Income Insights
High Yield: Five Takeaways for the Months Ahead
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From trade wars and Brexit to central bank posturing and recessions, there is no shortage of risks facing today’s markets. As we consider high yield in the context of this turbulent environment, there are five takeaways we think are worth considering in the months ahead.
Behavioral Finance
Behavioral Advisor: Does the Economy Predict Stock Returns?
Investors, economists and the media spend an enormous amount of time and energy trying to forecast the economy. The idea is that forecasting economic growth will give us an idea of where the stock market is headed. Surprisingly, no predictive relationship exists between current economic conditions and the current stock market.
Alternative Investments
Don't Judge a Private Equity Fund by its Number
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At Barings, contrary to popular belief, we believe that identifying high-quality opportunities in emerging and diverse private equity managers can deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns to investors.
Investing Ideas
Streaming Income - Assessing Today’s Private Credit Landscape
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Private credit markets have seen an exponential increase in investor demand over the last 10 years. But with competition fierce and the cycle maturing, what’s next? Barings’ Eric Lloyd talks about where he sees value today and how risks from Brexit to rate hikes are impacting the asset class.
Investing Ideas
Streaming Income - CLOs & Leveraged Loans: Perception vs. Reality
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Leveraged loans and collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) are back in the headlines with the market’s recent bout of volatility. How prepared are these credit instruments to weather the next economic storm? Barings’ Matthew Natcharian and Adrienne Butler weigh in.
Investing Ideas
Streaming Income - Investment Grade Credit: Rates, BBBs and ABS
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IG investors today are grappling with mixed signals from the yield curve, a bulging BBB-rated universe and the continued expansion of ABS markets. David Nagle, a 30+ year veteran of fixed income markets helps to put today’s most recent developments in perspective.
Investing Ideas
Streaming Income - Climbing High Yield’s Wall of Worry
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Global high yield markets face a number of risks, from trade wars to rising rates. Yet, these markets have continued to scale such a ‘wall of worry’ for the last decade. Should we expect more of the same, or are we nearing a turning point in the cycle?
Behavioral Finance
Diversify by Strategy to Stay on Track
It’s important for investors to understand how different investment strategies work and how each performs under various market conditions.
Behavioral Finance
Behavioral Advisor: Use Needs Rather than Fear for Allocation
Risk tolerance can result in poor risk management, significant misallocation of resources and a high degree of anxiety. AthenaInvest suggests using a needs-based planning instead.
Behavioral Finance
Behavioral Advisor: Look Beyond Cost For Active Management
Focus on low-cost equity mutual funds has increased dramatically in the past decade. While cost matters, mutual funds should be evaluated based on what investors get for the price they pay.
Behavioral Finance
Behavioral Advisor: The Wall of Worry
The last eight years have been a good period for equity investing. But can it last?