NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With the Federal Reserve’s (the “Fed”) decision to begin its “tapering”, the initial steps of this process could likely cause some bond buyers to dial back their risk profiles, according to Fran Rodilosso, fixed income portfolio manager with Market Vectors ETFs.
“The likelihood of continued Fed tapering in 2014 implies a shift in the supply/demand equation for spread funds next year,” said Rodilosso. “When you ultimately remove what was until last week $85 billion per month of demand for higher quality bonds, at least at the margin, some buyers are going to come back down the risk curve.”
“Earlier this year, some fixed income asset classes, including Emerging Markets (EM) local currency sovereign, and EM hard currency corporate and sovereign bonds, reacted violently to the prospect of tapering and therefore are ending the year having underperformed their developed market counterparts,” Rodilosso continued. “However, looking forward to 2014, I would highlight that EM bonds represent one area of fixed income where pockets of value still may remain. Local markets that were beaten up over the summer may not have fully recovered. At the same time, corporate credit spreads have moved meaningfully wider versus their U.S. counterparts.”
Rodilosso added that the Market Vectors® EM Aggregate Bond Index (ticker: MVEMAG) tracks the performance of the EM bond universe, covering local currency and hard currency sovereign and corporate bonds. This index was designed to play a role in helping to benchmark manager performance versus the broad opportunity set of EM bonds.
In addition, Market Vectors also launched an ETF earlier this month that is designed to track MVEMAG. That ETF, Market Vectors EM Aggregate Bond ETF (NYSE Arca: EMAG), offers a diversified, all-in-one approach to investing in EM bonds, in a liquid, transparent ETF format.
Mr. Rodilosso has 20 years of experience trading and managing risk in fixed income investment strategies, including 17 years covering emerging markets. Mr. Rodilosso oversees Treasury-Hedged High Yield Bond ETF (NYSE Arca: THHY™), Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF (NYSE Arca: EMLC®), Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF (NYSE Arca: HYEM®), Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF (NYSE Arca: FLTR®), Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF (NYSE Arca: ANGL®), International High Yield Bond ETF (NYSE Arca: IHY®), and Renminbi Bond ETF (NYSE Arca: CHLC®). As of November 30, 2013, the total assets for these ETFs amounted to approximately $1.4 billion.
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Market Vectors exchange-traded products have been offered since 2006 and span many asset classes, including equities, fixed income (municipal and international bonds) and currency markets. The Market Vectors family totaled $22.5 billion in assets under management, making it the seventh largest ETP family in the U.S. and 10th largest worldwide as of November 30, 2013.
Market Vectors ETFs are sponsored by Van Eck Global. Founded in 1955, Van Eck Global was among the first U.S. money managers helping investors achieve greater diversification through global investing. Today, the firm continues this tradition by offering innovative, actively managed investment choices in hard assets, emerging markets, precious metals including gold, and other alternative asset classes.
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