EMBH News and Press, iShares Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond From 04/30/22

Corporate ESG ratings do not necessarily measure a company’s impact on the Earth and society. There are no current industry or regulator standards for algorithms, metrics, data sources or results. By its nature, ESG assessment requires a forward-looking approach that static...

With U.S. bond market yields rising to levels not seen since 2018–19, market participants appear to be debating whether rates have further room to rise from here or whether the increases now represent a renewed buying opportunity to go long duration. The rise in UST yields thus...

We like emerging market (EM) local debt within an overall bond underweight. Much monetary tightening has been done, and valuations are compelling. U.S. Treasury yields hit new three-year highs last week, and equities fell. We still think stocks can weather the yield rise in the inflat...

Sweeping sanctions placed on Russia's currency and Russian companies have rippled through all asset classes, affecting portfolios across the globe—including those with an allocation to foreign exchange markets. What if ESG factors had been taken more into consideration in the w...

Increasingly, today’s fixed-income market presents unique opportunities for responsible investing in the form of environmental, social, and governance labeled bonds. Unfortunately, as demand surges for responsible investing choices and the market for ESG-labeled bonds balloons,...

In an era of low yields, generating income has been a challenge for many investors, with attractive yields limited to a narrow range of asset classes. That landscape has improved somewhat since early 2022, with inflation, geopolitical tensions and hawkish global monetary policies driv...

Transitioning to a net-zero carbon economy is vitally important, and corporate bonds will play a critical role in the transition. To support that journey, sustainable investors should monitor the carbon impact of the corporate bonds in their portfolios. But there’s a lot mo...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index ticked slightly higher in March to an annualized 5.8% pace, fractionally above last month’s estimate. Using short-term momentum and medium-term mean-reversion market factors (defined below) to adjust the forecast trims GMI&#...

iShares Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond ETF (EMBH) - $0.0679. 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.97% as of March. 31. Payable Apr 08; for shareholders of record Apr 05; ex-div Apr 04. For further details see: iShares Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond ETF declares monthly distribu...

The US Federal Reserve is turning increasingly hawkish—hiking rates fast enough to slow inflation while maintaining economic growth will be a monumental task. The Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions team opines on what to expect from the Fed and gauges whether it is already...