Achieving the right Fixed Income mix

Spread tightening has left some market participants nervous about fixed income valuations going into 2025, but we think the drivers of recent credit performance are unlikely to weaken materially in the coming months.

With a macro backdrop of falling rates and solid global growth, TwentyFour Asset Management's Eoin Walsh says fixed income investors can expect healthy total returns in 2025.

Conditions are currently favorable across fixed income markets. But pockets of volatility and risk aversion will challenge even the most skilled investors. The silver lining? We expect risk-conscious, active investors can generate alpha opportunities in 2025 similar to those achieved this year.

Given the estimated needs for transition financing, the success of impact investing in public markets is critical to achieve the necessary scale. To ensure a growing adoption of impact strategies, it is critical that investment managers deliver measurable impact and at least equivalent financial performance through the cycle compared to “traditional” strategies.

In this month's Flash Fixed Income, we look at how bond markets are reacting to Donald Trump's victory in the US election. With Trump's stated policies widely regarded as being inflationary, we expect a bigger divergence in the path for interest rate cuts between the US and Europe that might favour higher quality European credit.

Watch our livestream where Reto Cueni, Chief Economist and Dan Scott, Head of Multi Asset and Chief Investment Officer, together with Prof. Dr. Stephan Bierling, Head of the Chair of International Politics and Transatlantic Relations at the University of Regensburg, analyze the potential economic factors and implications of the recent US election.