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LIBOR Is Changing: Five Important Updates
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T. Rowe Price's working group provides an update to the plans to replace LIBOR with new alternative reference rates.
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Currency Hedging Can Boost Yields and Reduce Volatility
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U.S.-based bond investors who hedge the currencies of foreign bonds can obtain higher yields and mitigate portfolio volatility.
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A Multi‑Sector Approach to Short‑Term Bonds
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The low duration management team uses a multi-sector approach as we try to capture a suitable amount of risk-adjusted yield.
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Global Policy Rates Stuck in Lockdown
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What does the new fixed income environment look like as the global economy slowly starts to rebuild?
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High Yield: The Power of Flexibility in Volatile Times
The journey back to normalcy will likely be punctuated with stops and starts. But opportunities will emerge—and being in a position to capture the upside is key.
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ESG: The Intent Beyond the Income
ESG is playing an increasingly meaningful role in fixed income investing. At Barings, we formally integrate ESG across our corporate credit asset classes—but the way we apply our analysis is necessarily different due to the nuances of each market.
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ESG in Fixed Income: Progress Over Perfection
Fixed income investors have been slower to adopt environmental, social and governance factors, but change is afoot. Barings’ experts explain how fixed income managers can—and are—driving tangible change among corporate debt issuers—and why investors need to pay attention.
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Beyond the Index - Private Credit: The Turn of the Cycle
Co-Heads of Global Private Finance, Ian Fowler and Adam Wheeler describe the evolving conditions in the North American and European private credit markets and where opportunities may arise in the months and years ahead.
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Yield Curve Steepening Likely to Continue
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We expect economic data to improve going into the summer, so we anticipate continued Treasury yield curve steepening.
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Pandemic Pressures Municipal Bond Issuers
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While we expect muni downgrades, the market is likely to remain high quality, with low defaults relative to other bond types.