State Street Global Advisors, the asset management arm of State Street Corporation announced the launch of a euro currency hedged share class of the SPDR Thomson Reuters Global Convertible Bond UCITS ETF.

The order book reached an amount of more than €2.2bn, and was more than 4.4 times oversubscribed. The success of this transaction shows investors' strong confidence in Euronext's ambitions, strategy and solid credit profile.

Pictet Asset Management has announced the launch of the Pictet? Global Fixed Income Opportunities fund, domiciled in Luxembourg and UCITS compliant. The fund has a flexible, unconstrained approach to fixed income investing, seeking to generate higher returns by exploiting market volatility.

The African Development Bank, rated Aaa/AAA/AAA (Moody's/S&P/Fitch), priced a new US $2.0-billion 3-year Global Benchmark bond due 22 March 2021.

According to Mohit kumar, Global Head of Rates Strategy, Crédit Agricole CIB, thus a rate sell-off from current levels becomes self-defeating. If rates sell-off further, it would trigger a sell-off in risky assets which would in-turn create a bid for fixed income.