Fixed Income

What drives the relationship between bank loans and high yield bonds, and why it matters for fixed income investors is explored by Loomis Sayles.

US Inflation Tracker highlights key indicators from personal consumption and supply chain bottlenecks to housing, wage pressures and inflation expectations.

Portfolio Manager Jack Janasiewicz explains why the markets need clarity on three uncertainty overhangs before they can gain some traction.

Where the Loomis Sayles Full Discretion Team is finding favorable prices and security selection opportunities amidst heightened volatility is explored.

Despite poor quarterly returns, attractive valuations and supportive credit fundamentals could mean potentially improving relative return prospects.

Various metrics are explored by Loomis Sayles’ Bank Loan team to answer why rising rates should not impact companies’ capital structures.

While the road ahead may be challenging and uneven, the yield curve can be over-interpreted. Loomis Sayles Core Plus Team Member Michael Gladchun explains.

Portfolio Manager Jack Janasiewicz discusses the stock market’s gain in March, yield curve relativity, the rate hike trajectory and inflation expectations.

What the credit cycle’s advance into late expansion phase means for fixed income investors is explained by Loomis Sayles’ Full Discretion Team.

Introduction to bond investing, fixed income funds, and how changing interest rates affect prices and yields.

How the tide is going out on the great wave of liquidity in the markets after the pandemic and what it means for investors in 2022 and beyond.

Amid unrest on multiple fronts, Loomis, Sayles & Company’s Matt Eagan, CFA® sheds light on geopolitical shifts with likely impact on investors.

Portfolio strategists explain why fears about rates, energy prices, inflation and recession may be overblown.

How rising interest rates help deliver more total return to investors’ bond portfolios is explained in this bond basics video by Loomis Sayles.

Portfolio Manager Jack Janasiewicz discusses events that rattled markets in February, from rate hike expectations to fallout from the Russia/Ukraine crisis.

Allocations in advisors’ moderate models reflect disenchantment with growth stocks and growing concern about rising rates and inflation.

An introduction to bank loans and their benefits: seniority, security, floating interest rates, and diversification for the short or long term.

Loomis, Sayles & Company’s Full Discretion Team Co-Head Matt Eagan on how easy Fed monetary policy has been, and the implications as tightening transpires.

Loomis, Sayles & Company’s Global Bond, Full Discretion, and Core Plus Bond teams provide insight on sanctions, default risks, and central bank moves.

Understanding the potential price fluctuations unique to fixed income ETFs due to both structural and technical factors.

Advantages of a core plus bond approach with the flexibility to pull a lot of levers and pursue yield are explained by Loomis Sayles PM Rick Raczkowski.

Fed policy moves, inflation, and security selection opportunities for active non-traditional fixed income managers are discussed by Loomis Sayles’ Matt Eagan.

Portfolio Manager Jack Janasiewicz provides context around January’s market swoon, the Fed’s anticipated rate hikes and the start of earnings season.

Loomis, Sayles & Co. Investment Director for Bank Loans Cheryl Stober summarizes expectations for a constructive 2022 with high demand and low defaults.

Natixis’ ETF experts share encouraging development of active ETFs in 2021 as they gain exposure and momentum among investment professionals and consumers.

Portfolio Manager Jack Janasiewicz discusses the December Fed meeting, living with Omicron, the power of earnings, and the new market highs at year end.

Loomis, Sayles & Co. Fixed Income investment experts share what they’ll be watching in 2022, from inflation to shifting China growth, and yield plays.

Portfolio strategists offer a refreshingly different take on inflation, interest rates, valuations and the most recent comments from the Federal Reserve.

With interest rates more likely to rise than fall, investors may want to revisit their bond allocations with an eye toward risk.

Portfolio Manager Jack Janasiewicz discusses November’s bearish turn in the market with just one month left in 2021.

Mirova team members detail green bond basics, accelerating issuance, challenges, and their thoughtful methodology aimed to uncover only issues displaying integrity and ambition.

Portfolio Manager Jack Janasiewicz points out that September’s losses did not continue into October, thanks to a solid earnings season – and other fears may be overblown as well.

Fixed income market action in Q3 and drivers to consider going forward are discussed by Loomis, Sayles & Co. Core Plus Bond Team’s Richard Raczkowski.

Predictions for 2022 ETF trends, and a look back at how investor interest developed in 2021, are covered by Natixis’ ETF experts.

Loomis Sayles PM Matt Eagan discusses the low yield environment currently challenging fixed income markets, and the benefits of an active approach.

Signs of a US dollar bear market, currency risk, and global yields are explored by Loomis, Sayles & Co. Portfolio Manager David Rolley.

Comparing the benefits and risks of three investment vehicles that investors can consider when planning for short-term expenses.

Consultants discuss how the growing divergence in the equity market has affected portfolio allocations – and highlight sectors advisors may have missed.

Six institutional asset allocation and investment trends derived from data analyzed by Natixis Investment Managers Solutions consultants.

Key trends derived from in-depth analysis of model portfolios by Natixis Investment Managers Solutions consultants.

The 2019 Natixis Global Survey of Individual Investors reveals that investors are conflicted about risk, returns and what they can expect from their investments.

Investor motivations, perceptions, and knowledge gaps that may influence the state of California’s green bond market.