We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Why China’s ties with Iran will endure despite death of Khamenei 2. Why China’s Myanmar dilemma still persists, 5 years and 1 election later 3. Cathay Pacific suspends all Middle East operations afte...
We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Why China’s ties with Iran will endure despite death of Khamenei 2. Why China’s Myanmar dilemma still persists, 5 years and 1 election later 3. Cathay Pacific suspends all Middle East operations after US-Israeli attack on Iran 4. Indonesia is getting an aircraft carrier. The Philippines isn’t....
J Studios/DigitalVision via Getty Images Thesis The past weeks have been characterized by steep drops in BDC equity prices, with the market swoon taking its toll on alternative asset managers as well. In today's article we are going to look at the largest BDC ETF, namely the VanEck BDC Income ETF ( BIZD ), and compare it to other alternatives in the market given today's macro context. BDCs and Alt...
J Studios/DigitalVision via Getty Images Thesis The past weeks have been characterized by steep drops in BDC equity prices, with the market swoon taking its toll on alternative asset managers as well. In today's article we are going to look at the largest BDC ETF, namely the VanEck BDC Income ETF ( BIZD ), and compare it to other alternatives in the market given today's macro context. BDCs and Alternative Asset Managers Have Suffered Since the start of the year, BDC equities and alternative asset managers have taken hits to their prices: Data by YCharts We are looking at a couple of BDC ETFs and ETNs here, namely BIZD, the Putnam BDC Income ETF ( PBDC ), the FT Confluence BDC ( FBDC ), the UBS ETRACS Wells Fargo® Business Development Company Index ETN ( BDCZ ), KKR & Co. ( KKR ), and The Carlyle Group ( CG ). BDCs have lost -11% on average, while alternative asset managers have dropped -12% or more. The steep drops are the result of concerns regarding the underwritten credits, especially in light of the dislocations done by the AI wave. Investors need to be mindful that exchange-traded instruments represent only a sliver of the BDC universe. While there are approximately 50 publicly traded BDCs, there are now over 100 unlisted BDCs, which would not be present on an exchange. Is BIZD the Best Way to Take Advantage of the Dislocation? Let us now compare BIZD with alternatives in the space to better understand the options and the risk/rewards associated with each instrument: AUM Yield Type BIZD $1.4 Bil 13.8% 1x ETF PBDC $0.2 Bil 12.1% 1x ETF FBDC $32 M 15.5% 1x ETF BDCZ $12 M 12.0% 1x ETN BDCX $6 M 22.0% 1.5x ETN Click to enlarge BIZD is by far the largest and most liquid name in the space. Please note there are two exchange-traded notes ('ETNs') also present in the space. They both come from UBS and have additional risk factors. BDCZ is a medium-term note issued by UBS AG: UBS Switzerland AG is not a co-obligor of the ETNs and has no liability with respect to the ETN...
(RTTNews) - Indian shares were sharply lower in early trade on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump signaled the U.S.-Israeli military assault on Iranian targets could continue for weeks.
(RTTNews) - Indian shares were sharply lower in early trade on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump signaled the U.S.-Israeli military assault on Iranian targets could continue for weeks.