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...The average yield on European high-yield bonds currently stands at 5.7 per cent, which seems “quite manageable” for most issuers, Kopf said....
...Christian Kopf, head of fixed income at Union Investment, Germany’s third largest asset manager, said he had profited “handsomely” from buying the debt of Greece and Portugal, adding that their public debt...
...The walls of the antechamber are khaki-coloured silk moiré, which creates a muted backdrop to some of the home’s most prized works: the larger-than-life painting Kopf in der Sonne (1982) by the German artist...
...Kopf expects investors will “desert” private debt and move back into the listed and liquid areas of the market as part of “the great repricing”....
...Christian Kopf, head of fixed income at German asset manager Union Investment, said that if the ruling went against Berlin, it would issue €60bn less debt than planned between now and 2027....
...“Big investors are less sanguine about the US Treasury market,” explains Christian Kopf, head of fixed income at Union Asset Management....
...“This seems to be a bit excessive and we are now facing a co-ordinated effort by ECB policymakers to push against those market-implied rate cuts,” said Christian Kopf, head of fixed income at Union Investment...
...Others, including Kopf, are not convinced....
...They are displaying far more muscle in the market than more traditional asset managers such as Union Investment, Kopf says....
...“You have a very problematic inflation trajectory in the UK and it’s not clear how the fiscal authorities will respond to the mortgage crisis,” said Christian Kopf, head of fixed income at Union Investment...
...“In the UK there is a real underlying inflation issue and it’s much more severe than in the euro area and the US,” said Christian Kopf, head of fixed income at Union Investment....
...Christian Kopf, head of fixed income at Union Investment, Germany’s third-largest asset manager, expects the euro to weaken further against sterling from its current level of £0.87 to £0.83 by the summer...
...“People are not articulating a view,” said Christian Kopf, head of fixed income at Union Investment in Frankfurt. “It was forced position adjustment,” he said....
...“We are in for a great divergence in monetary policy on both sides of the Atlantic which is something quite new,” said Christian Kopf, head of fixed income at Union Investment....
...“Some people have lost money, but it was our gain,” Kopf added....
...The whole experience has reinforced for Kopf that as central bank support for markets melts away, long-hidden stresses and strains come to the surface....
...“Everything is pointing towards a stronger dollar,” said Christian Kopf, head of fixed income at Union Investment....
...“We’re going to be much more reluctant to put on big trades in gilts any more,” said Christian Kopf, head of fixed income at Union Investment, a €416bn fund manager....
...Anne Kopf-Sill, a retired biotech executive who attended the proceedings, said she was surprised that the jury did not rule unanimously on all counts of defrauding investors “as the evidence felt similar...
...“The nature of inflation has changed,” says Christian Kopf, head of fixed income at Union Investment, the German asset manager....
...“The blanket QE approach is dying, and I think that’s a good thing,” says Kopf. “The ECB doesn’t need a permanent presence in markets, but the threat of a presence.”...
...Christian Kopf, head of fixed income at Union Investment, said asset managers wanted clarity on the taxonomy as they developed ESG investment products....
...The firm also raised the Khashoggi killing with Saudi representatives in 2019 and the dominant role of the military with the Egyptian government, says Christian Kopf, head of fixed income and currencies....
...“Kopf”, a bloody/bruised wooden head, lying face upright, open-mouthed, on a high plinth, summons to mind the head of John the Baptist held aloft by Salome in a mosaic in St Mark’s....
...Then there are the four albums as Damaged Bug, several more with Coachwhips, and others with Pink and Brown, Zeigenbock Kopf, The Hospitals and yet more groups....
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