Every last drop
After a bullish run in the corporate bondmarket, spreads are sufficiently tight for investors to ask themselves, how can I squeeze any more performance from my portfolio? Luckily Credit has canvassed the opinions of a panel of leading credit analysts to answer the question for you
After the turmoil of the past two years, credit investors have been relieved that 2003 has been nothing but bull market as far as corporate bonds have been concerned.
In the 11 months to late November, spreads on high-grade euro corporate bonds have tightened by 39bp to 56bp over asset swaps, a 94bp tightening since the index’s widest point on October 9 last year, according to Merrill Lynch. Even more impressive is performance in the triple-B segment of the index, which has
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