"With a flock of ‘fallen angels’ from Russia and Latin America re-shaping the euro-denominated high yield bond market, investors are scratching their heads about whether they are a blessing or a curse. [...] With every Russian corporate bond issued in euros now rated as junk by both S&P and Moody’s, BofA Merrill Lynch anticipates that in a few weeks the Russia corporate market will be 100 per cent HY. [...] The new arrivals are shifting the composition of the European HY market, traditionally shaped around telecoms – the largest sector with 23 per cent – plus metals and manufacturing, towards financial and commodity-based business."
"A bigger problem is that bond managers may be prevented from buying many of the new Russian names. Russian banks already feature on the restricted list issued by European regulators, meaning bond managers can buy existing bonds but can’t buy new issues."
"Alongside the $333bn European (ie euro-denominated) HY sector, which includes many emerging market bonds, the EM HY sector is now more than 40 per cent of the size of the $1.6trn US HY market."
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2015/03/18/fallen-angels-changing-the-face-of-high-yield-bond-market/
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Help me out a little with this.
If one were wanting to enguage in this perceived opportunity what might be a good way for a retail investor like myself to explore? Do you plan to move on this yourself?
And, if yes, How?
Old_Skeet