After the late-2018 swoon in risk-asset prices, the early months of 2019 saw a sharp, steady rise in global equity prices, substantial declines in credit spreads, and lower global government bond yields. While concerns about slowing more aggressive Fed policies
In order to better understand the goals and challenges that plan sponsors face, we surveyed 195 plan sponsors in five markets: Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. The survey, conducted in conjunction with YouGov, covered
The fixed income ETF market is still relatively young — the first fixed income ETF launched in 2002. Only 10 years ago, assets under management in fixed income ETFs represented $48 billion and circa 1.9% of the global fixed income
As the current cycle extends beyond the recent historical experience, it is tempting to get caught up in the latest swing in sentiment, often driven by a partial data picture. Looking back over the past 12 months, we can see
The most notable change in investor behaviour occurred toward US Treasuries, where overall demand collapsed, driven primarily by selling in the intermediate part of the curve. This could show that investors are not fully convinced that the Fed is about
At State Street Global Advisors, our baseline call in 2019 was for investors to continue to favour US equities, based on supportive monetary and fiscal policy and a contained inflation outlook. We cautioned investors to beware of volatility, on expectations
Strategy Espresso Theme of the week: Finding Value in US Financials What Rate Cut? On the day the Federal Reserve announced its first rate cut since 2008, the US Financials sector outperformed the S&P 500 despite what is traditionally assumed as a negative
This is an update to the 2017 SSGA study of central bank asset allocation.1 In contrast to the last study which focused on the allocation of excess reserves (i.e. the investment tranche) exclusively, this study reviews the entire reserve portfolio.
De markt van obligatie-ETF's is nog altijd relatief jong: de eerste obligatie-ETF werd gelanceerd in 2002. Pas 10 jaar geleden bedroeg het vermogen onder beheer (Asset Under Management, AUM) in obligatie-ETF's 48 miljard USD, goed voor ongeveer 1,9% van de
Strategy Espresso On 1 May, investors in US equities were celebrating. The S&P 500 had more than recovered all of the losses from last year’s Q4 sell-off to reach a new all-time high of 2,954. The CBOE Volatility Index (“VIX”), widely accepted
Strategy Espresso “Full-Blown Trade War is Quickly Shifting from Risk to ‘Baseline’” read a Bloomberg headline on Thursday 23 May, as analysts and economists from multiple institutions began adjusting their assumptions regarding whether a trade deal between the US and
Strategy Espresso Regular readers of the Espresso will know that we have been positive on emerging market (EM) local currency debt for some time. Despite escalating trade tensions weighing on market sentiment, we believe this hurdle will be passed, and
Strategy Espresso At the end of May, MSCI Emerging Markets will conduct their semi-annual index review and rebalance. As per usual, this process will create a certain amount of turnover in the index as companies are added and removed based
Equity markets surged back in the first quarter of 2019, but it was only towards the end that we saw investor confidence start to recover. The first move by investors was to defend their core equity positioning and consider reducing
Strategy Espresso Markets have rallied but we haven’t seen investors go back into equities. Indeed, European-domiciled ETF flows show that fixed income was still the favoured asset class in April with $4.5 billion of inflows versus $820 million out of equity. Year to
Global economic growth is slowing. Emerging market (EM) central banks are also facing less inflationary pressure in 2019. Forecasters expect that, overall, EM central banks will cut rates or keep them unchanged (Figure 1). At the same time, the recent
Door de wereldwijde aanwezigheid van State Street Global Advisors kunnen onze portefeuillemanagers, handelaren en beleggingsstrategen sectorspecialisten zijn in hun geografische markt. Onze toegewijde Capital Markets teams hebben 24 uur per dag toegang tot wereldwijde obligatiemarkten met betere liquiditeit en kostenefficiënte*
Welcome to the third edition of the Bond Compass. This global, quarterly report leverages analysis from State Street Global Markets showing bond flows and holdings indicators from Q1 2019, taken from a data set that represents $10 trillion1 of assets.
Overview Equity markets surged back in the first quarter of 2019, but it was only towards the end that we saw investor confidence start to recover. The first move by investors was to defend their core equity positioning and consider
Strategy Espresso The European high yield market has continued to rally following a challenging end to 2018. In this week’s Espresso we highlight some key reasons for the recovery and why we foresee continued near-term support for the asset class. In
Investors Need Yield With both the US Federal Reserve and the ECB unlikely to raise interest rates in coming months, and the subsequent impact on government bond and money markets, investors are now desperately searching for their required income elsewhere.
Tech companies continue to innovate and disrupt. Exposure to secular growth trends makes the sector less reliant on economic growth. It can be hard to pick just one winner — investing in a basket of companies allows investors to diversify
Strategy Espresso Bloomberg has confirmed that it will add Chinese CNY-denominated bonds to the Global Aggregate, Global Treasury and Emerging Market Local Currency Government indices starting in April 2019. The announcement marks another milestone in opening up and attracting further investment
Strategy Espresso State Street Global Advisors forecasts that GDP growth in the eurozone will slow from 1.9% in 2018 to 1.6% through 2019.* Sure enough, economic data appears broadly positive and could continue to support earnings growth in equity markets. However,
Using Low Volatility Portfolios To Adjust Risk-Return Characteristics Equity investors can fundamentally change the risk-return profile of their overall portfolio by moving some of the core equity allocation into a Low Volatility portfolio. Historically, blending an S&P 500 portfolio with
The integration of #ESG criteria often has a greater impact for emerging countries. Find out why in an interview with our expert #Karine_Jesiolowski (via @allnews_ch).
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