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Upwardly mobile: credit’s quest for glory
Fixed income portfolio managers Tom Ross and Tim Winstone explore how a drive to improve among corporate borrowers can have winning results for both companies and investors.
ISG Insight: Markets versus policymakers – who’s in charge?
Markets have brought forward tightening expectations, but central banks are sticking to the ‘transitory inflation’ line – for now. Our latest ISG Insight considers who has the better handle on the economic outlook?
Global Structured Debt Insight
The second edition of the Global Structured Debt Insight is now available. This regular publication aims to explore topical themes in structured debt markets and share the team’s thinking on key issues of interest.
China’s three Cs: COVID, consumption and credit
Jennifer James, emerging market credit portfolio manager, considers how policies enacted by China’s government towards COVID, consumption and credit are likely to shape China’s near-term trajectory.
UK Budget giveaway fails to dispel growth fears
Portfolio manager Oliver Blackbourn responds to the latest UK Budget, addressing the market’s concerns that higher inflation could become ingrained in the UK, and fears of lower growth over the longer term.
Blink and you’ll miss it
Are we setting up for one of the shortest business cycles in history?
Truffle hunting in credit
While the easy returns from corporate bonds since the COVID recovery may largely be over, opportunities can still be unearthed via a selective approach.
The Case for Alternatives in a Buoyant Market
After months in which excess liquidity has fueled strong returns in equities and fixed income, investors may need alternatives.
China’s economic rebalancing casts a cloud on property
Fixed income portfolio managers Jennifer James and Tom Ross consider how efforts to rebalance the economy in China are having far-reaching implications.
ISG Insight: Thriving in the bond market
Recent months have seen macro and microeconomic fundamentals broadly improve and corporate bond markets are priced for this to continue. We dedicated an ISG meeting to consider what could go wrong and how fixed income markets might respond.
Breaking down risk within high yield
Some of our high yield and risk experts explain the different measures of risk in high yield bonds and show how a deeper understanding of them can reveal potential opportunities.
Global Structured Debt Insight
The debut issue of the Global Structured Debt Insight explores the relative value in structured debt products, a new ESG trend in secured loans and how to calculate carbon emissions in mortgage-backed portfolios.