While the US presidential election appears settled, with Biden claiming victory, risks remain for the rest of the year.
Investors looking to mitigate risk could consider a broad fixed income fund, which offers geographic dispersion and a high number of bonds to reduce volatility. Convertible bonds can also provide a degree of downside protection while still allowing investors to participate in equity market upside.
We explore these themes in this week’s Strategy Espresso and also highlight a new paper from our Model Portfolio Solutions team, which looks at the impact convertible bonds can have on a portfolio in terms of risk-return profile.
Webcast Invitation - the Evolution of Fixed Income ESG Investing
Join Eve-Marie Bussiere, Institutional Sales, SPDR France, Antoine Lesne, Head of SPDR EMEA Strategy & Research and Carlo Funk, EMEA Head ESG Investment Strategy, from State Street Global Advisors along with Sanjay Rao, European Head Bloomberg Barclays Fixed Income Indices at Bloomberg as they discuss:
• The record-breaking $6 billion of net inflows in 2020 1 and the global evolution of fixed income ESG over the past year
• The current fixed income ESG landscape
• ESG Materiality and its application in fixed income indices
• How index construction can help investors achieve their goals in fixed income ESG
• Methods and tools investors are using to access this new asset class
Thursday 12 November - 11:00 am CET Register here