Fixed income
FRONT OF MIND | Podcast - 12:48 MIN
Talking heads – Banks transition to a new regime
Over the last month, the banking sector has seen a spate of turmoil triggered by concerns over the possible effects...
FRONT OF MIND | Article - 3 Min
Graph of the week – An uneasy calm after the storm
Market measures of stress in the US and European banking sectors currently do not show signs of extreme investor concern....
PORTFOLIO PERSPECTIVES | Podcast - 14:04 MIN
Talking heads – Tapping into the wide fixed income opportunity set
Policy rate increases are reverberating across financial markets. This has caused volatility to spike higher, particularly in bond markets. The...
PORTFOLIO PERSPECTIVES | Article - 1 Min
Graph of the week – Volatility in bonds creates opportunities
A flight to safety in the wake of the failure to two US banks led to an abrupt fall in...
PORTFOLIO PERSPECTIVES | Podcast - 14:24 MIN
Talking heads – US high-yield bonds, where do we go from here?
High-yield bonds – defined as corporate bonds rated below BBB− or Baa3 by established credit rating agencies – have had...
PORTFOLIO PERSPECTIVES | White paper - 4 Min
Long-term asset allocation – A different outlook
What a difference a year makes. At the start of 2022, the US S&P 500 index was trading at 22x...
PORTFOLIO PERSPECTIVES | Podcast - 13:10 MIN
Talking heads – There is a reasonable alternative: mortgage bonds
After a bright start, US mortgage-backed securities face a sunnier year in which this fixed income asset class could reverse...
PORTFOLIO PERSPECTIVES | Podcast - 13:59 MIN
Talking heads – Upturn beckons for emerging market corporate bonds
We anticipate a better year for emerging market corporate debt on the back of a brighter outlook for China and...
FORWARD THINKING | Article - 5 Min
COP15 highlights the need to do more on biodiversity loss
Healthy, functioning ecosystems underpin society: they produce the oxygen we breathe, help mitigate climate change and support at least 55% of the global...
WEEKLY
MARKET UPDATE 05.01.2023
MARKET UPDATE 05.01.2023
FRONT OF MIND | Article - 3 Min
Weekly market update – Pivot divot
The recent release of the minutes from December’s meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee showed US monetary policymakers worried...
PORTFOLIO PERSPECTIVES | Article - 7 Min
Babies and bath water: Is it time to abandon the 60-40 portfolio?
The groans of despair heard from multi-asset portfolio managers lament the positive correlation between equities and bonds we have seen...
PORTFOLIO PERSPECTIVES | Podcast - 6:13 MIN
Talking heads – Bonds are back! Investment-grade credit offers yield
The sell-off in bond markets this year has driven yields to levels that merit closer attention, says Victoria Whitehead, senior...