The Association of Institutional INVESTORS is a member led organization of institutional investment advisors that represents the interests of investors and strives to advance good practices and promote fair and efficient financial markets through open engagement with policy makers and others.
In Focus
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Week InReview: September 11, 2026
Bond yields eye 5%. Global debt selloff deepened as bond bears pushed benchmark Treasury yields toward the closely watched 5% level ahead of US inflation data. The yield on Australia’s three-year notes surged to 5.05%, the highest since May 2011, while Japan’s 10-year yield reached 3%. New Zealand’s two-year yield also jumped 25bps to 3.94%. The US government purchased less longer-dated debt than investors anticipated in the Treasury Department's first expanded buyback operation. | The US bond-market selloff accelerated on Thursday as a surge in oil prices fanned inflation fears and the Treasury Department bought back fewer bonds than expected. A $22 billion 30-year Treasury bond auction was awarded at 5.308% — the highest result since 2001. US T-note futures edge lower, while Australia’s 3-year yield jumped to the highest since May 2011. | Brent oil slipped after rising close to $110/bbl as fighting between Yemen-based Houthi militants and Saudi-backed forces intensified. Diplomats from the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council and their Iranian counterpart are scheduled to meet on Monday in the Omani city of Salalah, the Financial Times reported, citing two unidentified people briefed on the matter. Asian stocks fell with the MSCI Asia Pacific Index heading for its biggest loss in three weeks. The Nikkei and the Kospi dropped more than 2%, while benchmarks from Australia to Hong Kong and Taiwan all fell as rising oil prices stoked inflation fears. | South Korea is tightening its defenses against industrial espionage with a revised spying law taking effect this weekend, as the home of global chip giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix seeks to safeguard advanced memory technology from increasingly formidable Chinese rivals.
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Week InAdvance: September 7, 2026
Mon Sep 7 Labor Day holiday in the US and Canada. Markets closed. | Tue Sep 8 BRICS FinMins meet in Mumbai. | Wed Sep 9 Belt and Road Summit in Hong Kong. Apple expected to unveil new iPhones. | Thu Sep 10 SEC panel to discuss disclosure, AI and Reg NMS. Eurozone ECB rate decision. OPEC publishes its Monthly Oil Market Report. Bayeux Tapestry returns to the UK. New York Fashion Week begins. | Fri Sep 11 The US marks the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. US inflation data. ECB’s interest-rate decision. IEA publishes monthly oil market report. Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year, begins. NFL game in Australia. | Sat Sep 12 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi.
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Week InReview: September 4, 2026
Markets await jobs verdict. US stocks held steady, and Treasuries rose modestly as traders wait to see whether today’s jobs report offers the Fed enough reason to hold off on a rate hike. | Oil is headed for its biggest weekly gain since July as the US-Iran conflict flares again. Brent is above $95 a barrel, up about 7% for the week. | Fed Governor Christopher Waller said he was “willing to support holding the policy rate at its current level” if inflation continued moving toward the Fed’s 2% target. The S&P 500 Index had its best day in a month, while Treasuries advanced, led by the two-year. Bitcoin also gained above $80,000. | The yen strengthened nearly 2% to 155.81 per dollar in New York trading as traders lifted bets on Bank of Japan interest-rate hikes. It traded near 156.10 early in Asia. BOJ accounts showed no sign of a major Tokyo-led intervention in the currency market on Wednesday. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index tumbled to its lowest levels since May on the back of the yen’s surge. | Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has proposed cutting government debt to 50% of the bond portion of its portfolio, down from 70%, Norges Bank Investment Management said in a letter sent to the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday. The move could reduce the wealth fund’s holdings of US Treasuries by about $80 billion, according to analysis by the Financial Times.
Upcoming Events
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16Sep
CMBS Council industry update
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Market Practices Council industry update
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CMBS Council industry update
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12Nov
Market Practices Council industry update
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18Nov
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Our Clients, Our Markets, Our Purpose
The Association of Institutional INVESTORS is an organization of the oldest, largest, and most trusted federally registered investment advisers in the United States. All our members have a fiduciary duty to put their clients' interests first. Put simply, it's not our money. Our members' clients include companies and labor unions, public and private pension plans, mutual funds and 401Ks, and individuals and families who depend on our firms to help them provide for their retirements, to have funds available to educate their family members, to meet other obligations, and to support their financial aspirations. Collectively, the Association's members manage investments for more than 80,000 ERISA pension plans, 401Ks, and mutual funds on behalf of more than 100 million American workers and retirees.Our financial markets connect companies to investors and borrowers to lenders to help corporations create jobs, cities and states build needed roads, bridges, and schools, families finance homes and cars, and pension plans at all levels meet their obligations. These markets allow thousands of organizations and millions of individuals to invest in America, sharing in the success of our nation's businesses and maintaining a stake in the strength of cities, counties, states, and our country.
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