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First Metro Save and Learn Fixed Income Fund
First Metro Save and Learn Fixed Income Fund
MARKET COMMENTARY
TOP 5 HOLDINGS
PDS Summary: Close: Php48.430/USD |
NAME COUPON MATURITY
Low: Php48.325/USD | High: Php48.440/USD FXTN 8.000% 07/19/2031
ROBINSONS LAND 3.683% 07/17/2023
GS yields fell by 1.69bps on avg. last week amid mixed sentiment
RTB 2.375% 03/09/2024
taking cues from the volatility in global bond rates led by US
PETRON CORP 4.003% 10/27/2021
Treasuries.
SAN MIGUEL FOOD 5.250% 03/10/2027
Amid lack of local catalysts, the market is seen to continue to track
global market moves ahead of Tuesday’s 35B FXTN 10-61 (5Y) re-
issuance and Thursday’s MB meeting. Should USTs continue to gap MATURITY PROFILE
lower, GS yields are expected to firmly break into a lower trading
range.
Risks to our view are rising oil prices and US Treasuries’ > 10 years 1.37%
movements. The cautious stance reverberated across the ASEAN < 10 years 14.86%
region as Fed hinted faster pace of monetary policy tightening given < 6 years 39.30%
more officials consider 50bps increase or equivalent to 2 hikes in
< 2 years 44.47%
2023 against zero rate increase back in March 2021. For the local
bond space, demand remains in the 3 to 5-year sector with players
comfortable accumulating even when yields rise, signaling sustained
preference for short duration.
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