This week saw Deutsche Bank publish their 2012 Default Study, aptly subtitled ‘5yrs of crisis – The default bark far worse than the bite..’ The annual piece is particularly interesting, especially because the market now has five years of data…
Tag Archives: corporate bonds
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Deutsche Bank 2012 Default Study – Default bark far worse than the bite?
- Topics
- corporate bonds
Posted April 19th, 2012
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A review of fixed interest asset class returns in 2011
- Topics
- corporate bonds, gilts
Posted December 14th, 2011
The decorations are up, the presents are under the tree, and I’m starting to think of New Year resolutions. Yes 2012 is almost upon us. With that in mind, I thought it might be interesting to have a quick look…
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Recent selling of risk assets into traditional haven government bonds has taken their yields back near their all time lows. Will people continue to buy them in a risk off trade? We are almost certainly nearer the beginning than the…
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The M&G UK Inflation-Linked Corporate Bond Fund and the M&G European Inflation-Linked Corporate Bond Fund
Posted September 6th, 2010
We’ve announced today that we are launching two corporate bond funds which aim to deliver returns ahead of inflation in the medium to long term. We believe that these are the world’s first inflation-linked corporate bond funds for retail investors. …
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Last week’s BWIC list (bids wanted in competition) from the Bank of England gave further evidence, if it was needed, that the demand for Sterling corporate bonds remains very strong. The table below, kindly provided by HSBC, shows the bonds…
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The ECB cut rates from 1.5% to 1.25% last week, taking the main rate to the lowest level since the ECB took control of monetary policy in 1999. Markets had been expecting a rate cut to 1%, and rightly so. …










