Latest fixed income thinking
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Global financial markets gain further ground
7 Mar 2019
Positive start to the year continues in February
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Interest rates on hold, but not in reverse
26 Feb 2019
Financial markets have surged since the start of the year after central banks appeared to put monetary policy tightening on hold. Our investment teams give their views on where monetary policy goes next and what that means for asset prices.
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Global financial markets begin 2019 on a strong note
12 Feb 2019
Bond and equities rally on the outlook for interest rates
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Global economic and political uncertainty hits equities
9 Jan 2019
Equities fall sharply but highly-rated bonds rally.
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Life after Merkel
14 Dec 2018
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has replaced Angela Merkel as leader of Germany’s ruling CDU party, and may soon take her place as chancellor. What does this mean for Germany – and Europe?
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Rising volatility signals trouble for US corporate bonds
13 Dec 2018
The long-awaited shift in monetary policy appears to be resulting in a new volatility paradigm. That could have adverse consequences for US corporate bonds even if economic data holds firm, argues Joubeen Hurren.
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The outlook for bonds in 2019
11 Dec 2018
Our fund managers in government, corporate and emerging market bonds look at potential drivers of bond markets in 2019.
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The Italian budget drama
30 Oct 2018
The Italian government’s plans to sharply hike spending leave it on a collision course with the EU. But financial markets, as well as Brussels, will determine whether the populists in Rome can deliver on their electoral pledges.
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Earthquakes and economics: Bali IMF summit highlights the divergence in EM debt markets
18 Oct 2018
The recent Annual Meeting of the IMF reinforced that EM debt investors should pay extra attention to countries’ individual circumstances, write Aaron Grehan and Carmen Altenkirch.
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US holds the key to emerging markets’ prospects
3 Oct 2018
With emerging market assets under pressure on the back of rising US interest rates, a strong dollar and an escalating trade war between the US and China, our equity and bond teams give their opinion on areas to avoid and where pockets of value are emerging.
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Credit investing – bias beware as the cycle turns
20 Sep 2018
A sound portfolio construction process is critical to avoiding the pitfalls of behavioural biases, which will become all too apparent as the credit cycle turns
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