EMBH News and Press, iShares Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond

Summary Last week brought the third consecutive 75-basis point rate hike from the U.S. Federal Reserve. The week also brought more signs of this rapid hiking cycle reverberating worldwide. We think credit spreads can offer a remunerative and relatively calm haven amid the vola...

A climate mitigation policy mix of carbon taxes, green subsidies, and infrastructure investment could reduce global balances by a quarter by 2027. Global interest rates are also likely to fall in the longer term because of the decline in investment in fossil fuels, following an initia...

We now believe that EM debt could represent a buying opportunity for investors looking to take advantage of higher yields and improved valuations. The speed and extent of further monetary tightening in the United States are uncertain, and as a result, there are concerns about the impa...

Portfolio Manager Jack McIntyre explains how the global economy arrived at where it is today, and where it may be headed in terms of inflationary pressures and economic activity. He also provides a road map for asset allocation based on the outlook for inflation and growth. We cou...

Our expectation is that as valuations continue to improve, flows will return to the asset class, which may act as a catalyst for higher prices. This is supported by a 2021 International Monetary Fund paper concluding that growth optimism is not a key driver of hard currency bond flows...

Many of the downside risks flagged in our April World Economic Outlook have begun to materialize. Despite slowing activity, global inflation has been revised up, in part due to rising food and energy prices. As advanced economies raise interest rates to fight inflation, financial ...

In the second quarter, we've seen double-digit negative returns across the fixed income landscape. For corporate bonds on the investment-grade side of things, we've seen spreads tick 160. A lot of what's going on right now is just the aftermath of a pandemic that's disrupted the h...

Recent rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve have weighed on emerging markets debt returns, which were already weak in 2021 and the first quarter of 2022. Looking back at previous Fed rate-hiking cycles, then, there is no clear pattern or trend to draw from conclusively: It is unclea...

The global economy and financial markets have suffered a dreadful H1 2022, ravaged by a severe commodity shock, strict COVID-19 lockdowns in the world’s second-largest economy, and one of the most aggressive Fed tightening cycles in recent history. H2 looks equally tough. In it...

Based on monetary trends and the early reaction in the economy, we anticipate a slowing growth environment in the U.S., with rising recession risk that depends on the extent of frontloaded Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. Following the initial COVID shock in 2020, investment grade...