The rise of fallen angels in 2022

clock • 3 min read

Financial markets got off to a rocky start to the year, but investors may find reasons to be more optimistic looking ahead to the rest of 2022.

After two years dominated by the pandemic, the world is starting to reopen and could gradually return to something approaching normality this year. Some investors may wish to take advantage of the recent pullback in risk asset markets to consider how to position their portfolios going forward and where to find opportunities within the different asset classes. In fixed income, we think 'fallen angels' could be one of the more attractive areas for 2022. What are fallen angels? If you are unfamiliar with the term, fallen angels are corporate bonds that had investment grade credit ratings ...

To continue reading this article...

Join Investment Week for free

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the investment industry, including the Sustainable Hub covering fund news from the ESG space
  • Get ahead of regulatory and technological changes affecting fund management
  • Important and breaking news stories selected by the editors delivered straight to your inbox each day
  • Weekly members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from leading industry experts
  • Be the first to hear about our extensive events schedule and awards programmes

Join now

 

Already an Investment Week
member?

Login

More on Bonds

Federated Hermes launches Global Short Duration Bond fund just as asset class booms

Federated Hermes launches Global Short Duration Bond fund just as asset class booms

Responding to ‘increased investor demand’

Eve Maddock-Jones
clock 25 June 2025 • 2 min read
Fixed income investment set to rise as bonds hit double digit growth in asset allocation

Fixed income investment set to rise as bonds hit double digit growth in asset allocation

Assets in fixed income up 11%

Patrick Brusnahan
clock 19 June 2025 • 3 min read
US GSS bond issuances falls to lowest level since 2017

US GSS bond issuances falls to lowest level since 2017

Down 25% amid political turmoil

clock 13 May 2025 • 3 min read
Trustpilot