Asset owners position for bond market risks

Investors at a roundtable hosted by AsianInvestor discussed how they are positioning for potential bond market risks in the face of uncertainty around when and how fast interest rates are likely to rise. The key issues facing bond investors are that government bond yields and credit spreads are at historic lows, and are expected to rise as unorthodox monetary policy in the US starts to be withdrawn, said Stephen Thariyan, global head of credit at Henderson Global Investors, which …