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Credit’s response as the policy brakes tighten
As central banks seek to put the brakes on higher inflation, how is this affecting credit markets?
An opportunity from dispersion in Europe?
While the ECB is focused on gradually pressing the brakes to tame inflation, its exit from quantitative easing will continue to shape credit markets and create opportunities and risks for investors.
When the rising tide that lifts all boats subsides
This year’s bond market selloff exposed the risks embedded in relative-return strategies tethered to market cap-weighted benchmarks.
Enhancing liquidity portfolios with short-dated credit
As the front end of yield curves have moved sharply higher, is it time to reconsider the opportunity in short-dated credit?
High yield bonds: The useful side of supply constraints
Low supply is providing a supportive technical environment for high yield bonds, helping to counter some of the inflation and growth concerns.
Global Perspectives Podcast: The high is back in high yield
Recession risks and rising rates have lifted yields on high yield bonds so are these concerns now largely priced in?
The UK’s Dovish Turn: The £ Gets Pounded
The Bank of England’s May meeting has stoked recession and stagflation risks, and a more measured approach to tightening.
The UK’s dovish turn: The £ gets pounded
The Bank of England’s May meeting has stoked recession and stagflation risks, and a more measured approach to tightening.
Building Better Buy and Maintain Credit Portfolios
Portfolio Manager James Briggs and Head of UK Institutional Anil Shenoy explore how trustees can collaborate with their credit manager to ensure their scheme’s allocation to Buy and Maintain corporate bonds is optimised to meet the specified objectives both now and in the future.
Five questions fixed income investors are asking in 2022
Our fixed income teams consider monetary policy-related conundrums and where, outside of policy, they see opportunities and risks for investors.
Opposing Forces
A look at potential economic outcomes as central banks seek to maintain growth while stamping on inflation.
Caution Merited in an Increasingly Uncertain Market
Bond investors should exercise caution as accelerating inflation has increased the risk of policy error.