SUSB News and Press, iShares ESG 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF From 09/09/22

Summary The main economic data release for the trading week is the US inflation report. The UK economy is in a precarious position and facing a recession. Chinese President Xi is expected to meet with Russian President Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in U...

The green bond market’s explosive growth over the past decade has coincided with increased rigor and transparency. Not all self-labelled green bonds will receive the CBI green bond designation. The CBI’s green designation provides investors with confidence that the g...

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...

It's hard to ignore that global investment-grade corporate yields are currently the highest they've been since the global financial crisis. In addition to overall corporate well-being, business risk-taking is notably subdued. Balance sheets are healthy, free cash flow is expanding...

We don’t expect the slowdown in economies to result in a deep global recession. A repeat of the big increases in bond yields we saw in the first half of the year is unlikely. In this environment, higher quality credit is more attractive. Despite increasing pressures on prof...

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF ( SUSB ) - $0.0351 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.94% as of July. 28. Payable Aug 05; for shareholders of record Aug 02; ex-div Aug 01. For further details see: iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF declares ...

We highlight the top three behavioral biases to avoid in the new, volatile market regime - and give tips on how investors can try to overcome them. Stocks rallied and yields fell last week after markets concluded the Fed’s pace of rate hikes will slow. We are less sanguine and ...

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...

Last quarter, the Asset Allocation Committee adopted an underweight view on global equities and leaned more heavily into cash, commodities and other alternative, diversifying assets. The Committee’s views on real and alternative assets are unchanged this quarter. The Asset ...

2021 saw a rise in social and sustainability bond issuances from corporate and sovereign issuers alike. These social-focused bond issues are just one more example of how bond markets are helping drive sustainable change in the global economy. Here, we highlight select takeaways fr...