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Sep 17, 2023

Analyzing Active in Australia: Lessons from the SPIVA Australia Mid-Year 2023 Scorecard

Since 2013, our SPIVA® Australia Scorecards have shown that the majority of actively managed Australian equity funds have typically underperformed the S&P/ASX 200. According to the recently published SPIVA Australia Mid-Year 2023 Scorecard, 55% of Australian Equity General fund managers lagged the S&P/ASX 200 in the first half of 2023.  Results for some fund categories…

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Jul 20, 2023

iBoxx Sovereign Debt Indexing with ESG Scores and Green Bonds

The iBoxx Sovereign Debt Indices span developed and emerging markets, including the iBoxx Global Government Index (GGI), iBoxx Eurozone, iBoxx USD Emerging Markets Sovereigns and iBoxx Global Emerging Market Index (GMEX) series. Interest in government debt has increased since last year, following the “run-to-quality” amid the 2022 markets’ rout and the shift to a higher…

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May 31, 2023

Cutting Carbon without Changing Course: Net Zero Fixed Income Indices

S&P DJI recently expanded its range of S&P PACT™ Indices (S&P Paris-Aligned & Climate Transition Indices) to go beyond equity to now cover fixed income. Within these indices, the differences between the two asset classes in terms of the balance between cost (tracking error) and reward (sustainability profile) are material and highly thought-provoking. As shown…

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May 24, 2023

A Quick Look at Key USD Indices and Fixed Income ETF Flows This Year

2022 marked a full year of rate hikes, unprecedented since the Global Financial Crisis, which propelled short-term yields upward and in turn ultimately caused the 10-2 spread1 to fall below zero in the second half of 2022, where it has since stayed. Recent market expectations suggest that the end of rate rises is perhaps in…

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Apr 19, 2023

Exploring Two Decades of Fixed Income Innovation

Take a closer look at the latest SPIVA results as S&P DJI’s Brian Luke and BlackRock’s Stephen Laipply discuss how indexing works for fixed income, the iBoxx liquidity ecosystem, and what a growing range of passive tools could mean for yield seekers as income returns to fixed income.

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Apr 17, 2023

SPIVA Europe Scorecard 2022: A Challenging Year for Fixed Income, but Not Necessarily for All Fixed Income Managers

For the first time, our SPIVA® Europe Year-End 2022 Scorecard measures the performance of actively managed fixed income funds, covering 11 categories across currencies and credit quality. Fixed income funds had a better record than their equity brethren in 2022, with a majority of funds outperforming in five reported categories over a one-year horizon (compared…

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Mar 21, 2023

Indexing Bond and Commodity Markets in the World of the Upside Down

In the 80s nostalgia Netflix hit series “Stranger Things,” the town of Hawkins is haunted by an alternate world beneath. The protagonists battle monsters in what they call the upside down. For the first few seasons, the upside down wreaks havoc on just a few residents of Hawkins. By the last season, no one is…

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Mar 8, 2023

SPIVA U.S. Scorecard 2022: Fewer Excuses

For over a decade, our SPIVA® Scorecards have shown a majority of actively managed U.S. large-cap equity funds underperforming the S&P 500®. According to the freshly published SPIVA U.S. Year-End 2022 Scorecard, the annual underperformance rate dropped to the slimmest of margins last year: just 51% of large-cap U.S. managers lagged the S&P 500 in…

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Feb 6, 2023

Good Things Come in Threes: Muni Bonds Appear Ripe for 2023

With one month down in 2023, let’s track the performance of municipal bonds so far: as of Jan. 31, 2023, the yield for the S&P National AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index was at roughly 3% (3.02% to be exact). The total return was up about 3% for January (2.87% to be exact), putting a dent in…

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Feb 3, 2023

Record CDS Index Volumes As We Head into the 20-Year Anniversary of iTraxx and CDX

This blog was co-authored by Srichandra Masabathula and Nicholas Godec In 2022, volumes in CDX and iTraxx reached an all-time high of nearly USD 36 trillion—a 43% year-over-year increase. Such record-breaking volumes occurred as we fast approach the 20-year anniversary of the indices—CDX and iTraxx will roll into Series 40 in March and September 2023,…

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