Author: Anja Helk As investors load up on European high-yield bonds they are faced with problems in every direction. Credit portfolio models are unreliable because of the lack of data on everything from default rates, rating downgrades, recovery rates and correlation between assets. Only when European corporates have been through a severe crisis will the required performance data be available. Anja Helk reports
Delegates at Euromoney’s Global Borrowers and Investors Forum nodded in agreement as Brian Lawson, global head of fixed income at ABN Amro, claimed that: “Good credit research is imperative.
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