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Fixed income
Fixed Income Boutique
Fixed Income Quarterly
Each quarter, our experts from the Fixed Income Boutique deliver actionable insights to help you make sense of the global fixed income universe. They uncover key risks, opportunities, and trends.
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Flash Fixed Income
Taking inspiration from the “flash” economic indicators that offer markets a preview of the final numbers, Flash Fixed Income is a monthly outlook that keeps investors ahead of the curve by dissecting the major trends across the global bond markets.
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CoCo Re-rating Underway as Euro Banks Prove Mettle
Having been at the heart of the GFC and then contributing to the Eurozone sovereign crisis, we have long argued the European banking sector would have to prove its newfound resilience to investors by successfully navigating a challenging period.
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Tobacco Bonds Volatile as Investors Chew On ESG Risks
Tobacco company bond spreads were volatile last week on news that the Biden administration is exploring a ban on menthol cigarettes and may pursue a policy to reduce nicotine levels in all cigarettes to non-addictive or minimally addictive levels. Rumours about an increased tobacco tax also surfaced, further shaking up the industry.
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A Taper Without a Tantrum
Had this happened a month ago, we suspect the move would be materially more pronounced, and the muted reaction indicates to us that markets are now quite comfortable with the current levels of expected growth, forecast inflation, and yields.
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Strategic Income Quarterly Update – April 2021
George Curtis discusses how credit markets have performed in Q1 2021 and provides his outlook for the year ahead.
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Credit Suisse Pulls Levers to Shore Up Capital
What is most interesting about the CS situation though is that to us it illustrates the ability of large banks to bolster capital when such events occur, and the range of options they have to do it.
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Where Buffett and Dalio are wrong on bonds
TwentyFour Asset Management CEO, Mark Holman, explains why the likes of Warren Buffett and Ray Dalio are warning investors away from fixed income, and points out where he thinks they’re wrong.
