CIOs upbeat on bonds despite expected rate hike
Demand for yield and fixed income seen as a secular trend in ageing populations
Singapore
EVEN though the market expects the US Federal Reserve to hike rates after its Wednesday meeting, various chief investment officers (CIOs) and senior investment analysts are sanguine about the interest rate-sensitive bond market.
Ageing populations across the world still mean slow economic growth and a persistent demand for bonds, they said at a roundtable organised by the Investment Management Association of Singapore.
In fact, the interest rates and US dollar market is either fairly valued or a bit more bullish than it should be, they said.
Wang Qian, Asia-Pacific chief economist at Vanguard Investments Hong Kong, said that although she thinks short-term interest…
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