high yield

Europe's recovery remains choppy, slow and fragile, yet as long as it can be maintained, European high yield debt is an attractive option for investors, according to Muzinich & Co's Erick Muller.

With Mario Draghi extending the ECB's QE programme this month, and investors returning to US high yield following a number of recent sell-offs, managers tell Investment Week which areas of the credit sphere are likely to outperform in the coming months...

Collapsing oil prices, falling equities, over exposure to energy and global stagnation have been the narrative for high yield market bears, writes Kames Capital's Adrian Hull.

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European HY funds lose €1.4bn

The US high yield market spread, measured by the option-adjusted spread on the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch US HY Master II index, has been on a rising trend since the end of 2014. As at the end of January 2016, it sat at around 770 basis points, which...

US high yield bonds are attractive

Lombard Odier IM's Kevin Corrigan explores opportunities in the 'crossover' credit zone - a lesser-loved group of corporate bonds rated BBB and BB - which sit either side of the divide between investment grade and high yield bonds.

We bond investors are often characterised as a gloomy bunch, fretting over inflation and keeping an anxious eye on central banks. That is, of course, a gross simplification, James Foster, co-manager of the Artemis Monthly Distribution fund.

Threat of divide