Half of active equity fund managers outperformed in H1 2020
They beat out their rivals with roughly 70% average outperformance
Fixed Income
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Changing face of the ETF market
Has the pandemic altered the growth trajectory across southern Europe?
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Shift to multi-stakeholder model to spur sustainable bonds
As social bond issuance hits historic record of $33bn in Q2, up threefold
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Bonfire of the dividend payments
‘The covid pandemic has been every income fund manager’s worst nightmare’
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Global sustainable fund assets leap to all-time high
They accounted for almost a third of European fund inflows in Q2
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Gam swings to a loss despite aggressive cost cutting
Swiss manager slashes personnel costs by a quarter as it axes over 100 jobs
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Distressed leveraged finance ratios hit 2011 high
As banking sector is largely exposed to leveraged loans and marginally to high yield bonds
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Is now the right time to be chasing yield?
Liquidity is, has been, and will continue to be a key variable in the new order
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How could the EU recovery plan spur the green bond market?
Larger growth and standardisation may help redefine its features
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Who topped Refinitiv’s Sustainable Finance League Tables?
Covers green bonds, social bonds and sustainability-linked bonds or loans, as well equity market issuance and M&A deals
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Sovereign investors favour fixed income and illiquid alts
But overlook equities as they try to capitalise on ‘unprecedented buying opportunity’
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ANALYSIS: Is EU bailout the first step to fiscal integration?
‘It implies that there will be pan-European taxes to finance the payback of the debt’