Working Paper
July 1, 2019
We find that credit long/short managers tend to have high passive exposure to the credit risk premium. In contrast, we find that high-yield-focused long-only managers provide less exposure to the credit risk premium than their respective benchmarks.
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Alternative Thinking
December 17, 2018
Do fixed income (FI) managers generate alpha? We take a deep dive into the determinants of excess of benchmark returns for a broad set of popular active FI categories.
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Journal Article
March 8, 2018
Do investors demand a risk premium for holding less liquid corporate bonds? We investigate the evidence.
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Journal Article
March 15, 2018
A disciplined, systematic approach to over-/underweight securities based on well-known factors, or styles, such as value, momentum, carry and defensive, can offer alternative sources of outperformance not only within equities but also within fixed income markets.
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Alternative Thinking
December 7, 2017
We examine popular active fixed income categories and find that a persistent overweight to high yield credit explains the majority of fixed-income managers’ active returns. We then discuss some key implications for asset owners.
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Journal Article
March 1, 2018
This paper undertakes a comprehensive analysis of cross-sectional determinants of corporate bond excess returns. We find strong evidence of positive risk-adjusted returns to measures of carry, defensive, momentum and value.
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White Paper
November 18, 2016
This paper aims to increase familiarity of the credit asset class and provide an overview of our approach to systematic credit investing. We introduce credit instruments and outline a framework for understanding sources of credit excess returns.
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Journal Article
January 15, 2017
Using data spanning 80 years in the U.S. and nearly 20 years in Europe, the authors of this paper find what they characterize as strong evidence of credit risk premium after correctly adjusting for term risk.
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Data Set
February 27, 2018
This data set is related to “Credit Risk Premium: Its Existence and Implications for Asset Allocation." Using data from both cash bond markets (1927–2014) and synthetic CDS markets (2004–2014), we document evidence of a sizable credit risk premium.
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Journal Article
April 1, 2016
A disciplined, systematic approach to over/underweight securities based on well-known factors, or styles, such as value, momentum, carry and defensive (sometimes called “quality”), can offer alternative sources of outperformance not only within equities, where these ideas have long been studied and applied, but also within fixed income markets.
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