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After a half year of ongoing global uncertainty, investors continue to find varied—and perhaps mixed—metaphors to explain the evolving fixed income landscape, according to this edition of PGIM Fixed Income’s Quarterly Outlook.

NEWARK, N.J., July 26, 2018 - PGIM Investments has strengthened its relationship with financial services firm Edward Jones, joining the firm’s select group of Strategic Product Partners. PGIM Investments is the global manufacturer and fund distributor of PGIM Inc., the $1 trillion global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).

The historic summit between the U.S. and North Korean leaders in Singapore ended with impressive imagery; however, the joint statement by President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un seemed short on details. In “Looking Ahead After the U.S.-North Korea Summit,” Gerwin Bell, Ph.D., lead economist for Asia on PGIM Fixed Income’s Global Macroeconomic Research Team, and Mehill Marku, portfolio manager for PGIM Fixed Income’s Foreign Exchange Team, examine two competing schools of thought concerning how the delicate relationship between the two countries may evolve.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 12, 2018 – PGIM Real Estate has formed a joint venture with a public pension fund client of CityView to acquire a 50 percent interest in a portfolio of five Class A multifamily properties in the San Francisco Bay Area. The portfolio is valued at approximately $500 million. PGIM Real Estate, acting on behalf of an institutional real estate investor, is the real estate investment business of PGIM, the $1 trillion global investment management businesses of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).

NEWARK, N.J., June 11, 2018 – Stephen O’Keeffe has joined PGIM Real Estate as an executive director, responsible for sourcing real estate debt investments and managing relationships with prospective borrowers and partners in Australia.

PARIS, May 30, 2018 – PGIM Real Estate, in partnership with its client, the Finnish pension insurance company Varma, has acquired M Campus, a 45,000-square-meter office campus in Meudon, on the outskirts of Paris. PGIM Real Estate is the real estate investment business of PGIM, Inc., the $1 trillion global investment management businesses of U.S.-headquartered Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).

NEWARK, N.J., May 09, 2018 - The escalating tussle between globalization and nationalism could have profound implications for global financial markets, traditional investment frameworks and developed market geopolitical risk analysis, says a new report from PGIM, Inc., the investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).

The second quarter 2018 edition of PGIM Fixed Income’s quarterly outlook leads off with “Air Pockets at Cruising Speed—Welcome to QT” by Robert Tipp, CFA, chief investment strategist and head of Global Bonds. In examining some prevalent market concerns, including quantitative tightening, Tipp provides some perspective on how investors might consider these issues after Q1’s volatility.

SYDNEY, April 3, 2018 – PGIM Real Estate has agreed to acquire a 75 percent interest in the prime retail and commercial component of the York & George mixed-use project, currently under development by Fife Capital at 383 George Street, Sydney. 

The inflation that the Federal Reserve has been expecting will arrive soon, but it’s not likely to gallop away with the economy, says PGIM’s leadership.