High-yield bonds have long functioned as a carry-driven return engine in institutional portfolios, offering enhanced income and access to the corporate credit risk premium. Positioned between traditional fixed income and equities, the asset class has historically delivered attractive total returns through a combination of coupon income and spread compression....
High-yield bonds have long functioned as a carry-driven return engine in institutional portfolios, offering enhanced income and access to the corporate credit risk premium....
Nordic high-yield-focused fund Ridge Capital Northern Yield has emerged as one of the standout newcomers on the Nordic fund scene. Since launching in January...
While Norway’s global sovereign wealth giant, the Government Pension Fund Global, widely known as the Oil Fund, invests trillions across international markets, its lesser-known...
Many institutional investors have gradually internalized mandates once awarded to external managers, seeking tighter cost control, greater transparency, and improved alignment. Emerging market debt...
The U.S. high yield market has long been regarded as the global benchmark: deeper, more liquid, and broader in sector composition. For many allocators,...
Delivering strong returns during a market rebound is one thing. Preserving performance momentum once spreads tighten and dispersion fades is another. That was the...
After several years of strong performance in fixed income, the easy gains in credit markets appear largely exhausted. With corporate spreads now hovering near...
Emerging market equities outperformed developed markets in 2025 for the first time in several years, prompting investors to reassess the strategic role of the...
Emerging markets have spent much of the past decade testing investors’ patience. After years of trailing U.S. equities, the asset class finally turned the...
By Jacob Grapengiesser, David Nicholls and Peter Elam Håkansson at East Capital: 2025 was a fantastic year for emerging and frontier markets, which shrugged...
In the search for diversification and higher returns, institutional investors worldwide have steadily increased their exposure to illiquid asset classes such as private equity,...
Diversification has long been a cornerstone of investing, designed to balance risk across different markets and asset classes. But with fiat currencies under persistent...
