EMBH News and Press, iShares Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond From 03/02/22

As the world reels from the crisis, the blowback is rippling across the world economy and markets. The current risk premia analysis implicitly recommends managing expectations down for GMI and other global multi-asset-class portfolios. The mean reversion factor is estimated as the...

Emerging markets debt is an under-researched and under-owned asset class, creating the potential for returns and diversification. Historically, emerging market debt sovereigns have defaulted about 1%, frontier markets about 1.5%, and median recovery values have been north of 50 cents ...

In 2022, we have extreme uncertainty around the fundamental economic environment, the policy response, inflation and the response of policymakers. Although we are cautiously optimistic on the inflationary trajectory, when you look at the relatively low rate environment still, you ...

We’re optimistic that securities labeled as environmental, social and governance (ESG) bonds will help create a better, more sustainable world. Assessing an ESG-labeled bond means delving deeper than an issuer’s financials into the bond’s governing framework and i...

Emerging markets high yield sovereign bonds have had a difficult few months. Countries that were reluctant to take International Monetary Fund support are now seeking it. We believe weak market sentiment has priced countries closer to worst-case scenarios. For further detail...

To help address investor concerns about Russia-Ukraine tensions, our Portfolio Managers examine the impact on their respective asset classes and potential allocation changes. We believe sanctions initially will focus on Russia’s top security personnel and companies directly inv...

Geopolitical headlines will have helped, but front-end rates have more reasons to ease back from extremes. In the US, the Fed mulling MBS sales offers an alternate tightening avenue, and in the UK, the BoE's pushback against aggressive pricing should find a more prominent platform nex...

The market expects at least four rate hikes beginning in March setting the stage for a tough year for fixed income. All else equal, higher yielding asset classes may hold up better as rates rise because a higher level of income earned will help to offset price losses as rates rise. ...

Uncertainty has increased due to Russian-Ukrainian tensions, which raise concerns about a potential military escalation by Russia. We believe Turkey’s unorthodox economic policy mix has caused a rapid depreciation of the lira and elevated inflation. Mixed prospects for the ...

For investors who want to earn a reasonable return without taking excessive risks, diversification still works, and we think you’re going to need more of it this year. The weighing of the high-flyers is not over. Commodities had another good week, and the 1-year return is getti...