Total return bonds

After more than a decade characterised by low, or even negative, interest rates, the sharp rise in bond yields has profoundly transformed the investment landscape for institutional investors. For insurers in particular, this new landscape presents both an opportunity – to rebuild returns – and a challenge, given increasingly stringent prudential, accounting and balance sheet management constraints.Against this backdrop, repackaged structured products, and in particular SPIRE-type structures, have seen a marked resurgence in interest since 2024, from institutionnel investors and namely insurers. Far from being mere tactical instruments, these products are gradually establishing themselves as genuine financial engineering tools serving sophisticated asset-liability management.

Quarterly publication / April 2026

Each month we share the conclusions from the monthly strategy investment committee which provides a summary of Ostrum AM's views on the economy, strategy and markets.