Global markets were thrown into turmoil, with multiple rounds of US tariff announcements and retaliation measures from some of the impacted countries. News headlines lately have been filled with a sense of heightened risks and a growing need for diversification. We interviewed PineBridge Asia's Fixed Income team to understand how Asia investment grade (IG) bonds can help mitigate portfolio volatility in a global portfolio, how the asset class compares against its US, European, and emerging market (EM) peers, and why they offer opportunities for optimising investor portfolios.
