Over $250 Billion in Bonds Are at Risk
Aaron Levitt
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For investors, the wipe-out of CoCo bonds brings forth a variety of questions...
*Equities saw outflows of over $21 billion, with domestic and large-cap equities hit the most. Emerging markets equities saw the smallest outflows of just a few million. Meanwhile, bonds mutual funds enjoyed inflows of more than $14 billion, with taxable and investment-grade the largest beneficiaries.
*Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, strongly signaled that interest
rates are unlikely to rise soon as the bank is committed to anchoring inflation expectations.
*The U.S. economy expanded by 2.1% in the third quarter, as the initial figure was revised up from 1.9%. The growth is still way lower compared to the first quarter when the economy grew by 3.1%.
*One reason for the slowdown is weak industrial sentiment across the board. In the U.S., the Chicago Producers’ Manufacturing Index came in below the expansion level for the third consecutive month in November.
*Euro-area inflation rate advanced 1% in November, up from 0.7% in the previous month, beating expectations of 0.8%. Core inflation increased by 20 basis points to 1.3%. Both numbers are well below the European Central Bank’s inflation goal of close to but below the 2% mark.
*Chinese manufacturing PMI moved into territory-indicating expansion in November to 50.2, after six months of negative readings. Next month will give an indication of whether this is the beginning of a recovery of industrial output or a statistical insignificance. Caixin’s manufacturing PMI in November came in positive for the fourth consecutive month.
*ECB President Christine Lagarde launched a review of the bank’s monetary policy, the second such assessment since the euro was implemented in 2001. The review is expected to examine a multitude of pressing subjects, ranging from negative interest rates to climate change.
*The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) ended discussions Thursday with no announcement on potential cuts to production that might support oil prices. It had been expected that OPEC and Russia might agree to extend production cuts, while Russia also suggested further output slashes were possible.
*The U.S. job market could not be stronger. For the month of November, it added 266,000 jobs, around 110,000 more than the prior month. Analysts had expected a reading of 181,000. The unemployment rate dropped to 3.5% from 3.6% previously, while average hourly earnings grew by 0.2%.
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*Equities saw outflows of over $21 billion, with domestic and large-cap equities hit the most. Emerging markets equities saw the smallest outflows of just a few million. Meanwhile, bonds mutual funds enjoyed inflows of more than $14 billion, with taxable and investment-grade the largest beneficiaries.
*Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, strongly signaled that interest
rates are unlikely to rise soon as the bank is committed to anchoring inflation expectations.
*The U.S. economy expanded by 2.1% in the third quarter, as the initial figure was revised up from 1.9%. The growth is still way lower compared to the first quarter when the economy grew by 3.1%.
*One reason for the slowdown is weak industrial sentiment across the board. In the U.S., the Chicago Producers’ Manufacturing Index came in below the expansion level for the third consecutive month in November.
*Euro-area inflation rate advanced 1% in November, up from 0.7% in the previous month, beating expectations of 0.8%. Core inflation increased by 20 basis points to 1.3%. Both numbers are well below the European Central Bank’s inflation goal of close to but below the 2% mark.
*Chinese manufacturing PMI moved into territory-indicating expansion in November to 50.2, after six months of negative readings. Next month will give an indication of whether this is the beginning of a recovery of industrial output or a statistical insignificance. Caixin’s manufacturing PMI in November came in positive for the fourth consecutive month.
*ECB President Christine Lagarde launched a review of the bank’s monetary policy, the second such assessment since the euro was implemented in 2001. The review is expected to examine a multitude of pressing subjects, ranging from negative interest rates to climate change.
*The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) ended discussions Thursday with no announcement on potential cuts to production that might support oil prices. It had been expected that OPEC and Russia might agree to extend production cuts, while Russia also suggested further output slashes were possible.
*The U.S. job market could not be stronger. For the month of November, it added 266,000 jobs, around 110,000 more than the prior month. Analysts had expected a reading of 181,000. The unemployment rate dropped to 3.5% from 3.6% previously, while average hourly earnings grew by 0.2%.
We provide this report on a fortnightly basis. To stay up to date with mutual fund market events, come back to our news page here.
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Aaron Levitt
|
For investors, the wipe-out of CoCo bonds brings forth a variety of questions...
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|
One of the biggest and most important positions of the bill deals with...
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Sam Bourgi
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