Strategic bond managers have started increasing their high yield hedges via synthetic exposure in anticipation of further stress in the asset class.
US high yield bond funds and ETFs saw record outflows at the start of August after Fed chair Janet Yellen sparked a sell-off by saying high yield valuations “appear stretched”. That sent US high yield...
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