KCCB News and Press, KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index From 09/02/21

Why yields have been falling, and whether bond markets are trying to signal to any important trends to investors, particularly in light of the fact that we've seen equities reach new highs. This is a market environment, or a trading environment, that feels like people want to add dura...

The average spread for dollar denominated high yield bonds of Chinese issuers has widened significantly since the end of last year. Market declines in the Chinese real estate sector has not spread to other sectors within China. Regulatory risks have undoubtedly emerged in China, a...

The big story in asset management in recent years is the emergence of sustainability - and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) - focused funds. To have a meaningful influence on corporates and policymakers, asset managers need to collaborate with other industry players or NGOs...

Emerging-market corporate bonds have had excellent risk-adjusted returns. Emerging-market corporations have slightly lower governance standards than developed-market peers. I agree that ESG is critical for driving investment performance. For further details see: 4 Big ES...

China’s equity market saw strong performance in 2020 but has faced a setback this year amid regulatory tightening and other headwinds. Now in 2021, global equities continued to rise, gaining 14% YTD, while the Chinese equity markets have run out of steam and experienced a drawd...

Much of the volatility that has recently shaken China’s credit markets has been associated with government interventions. Understanding which companies are systemically important is the key to understanding risk in Chinese credit markets. In investing, fortune doesn’...

We expect a marginal uptick in defaults from our original estimates, given rising China corporate default risk, offset by an improving outlook for much of the emerging markets. The EM corporate HY default rate stands at 1.6% YTD (as of July 30, 2021). Overall, we remain constructi...

Ten year Treasury yield levels, which dipped below 1.20% earlier this month, seem to be at odds with a general narrative of non-transitory inflation and accelerating economic growth. Many emerging markets' central banks are ahead of the Federal Reserve with rate hikes, and although ra...

The US high-yield index is almost $1.6 trillion, but it pales in comparison to a broader global multi-sector universe that tops $8 trillion. Ever-changing global economic and market conditions mean every category has the chance of being the best or worst performing in any given year. ...

KraneShares Partners with Nikko to Launch Active Asia Pacific High Yield Bond ETF (Ticker: KHYB) PR Newswire NEW YORK , Aug. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Krane Funds Advisors, LLC, (" KraneShares "), a global asset management firm known for its China -focused ...