Positioning for late cycle as rate cuts begin
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Eoin Walsh delivered the keynote address at TwentyFour Asset Management’s Annual Conference in London on September 10, 2024.
With a pivotal Federal Reserve interest rate decision just a week away, Eoin looked at the evidence on a range of late cycle indicators and explained how fixed income investors should be thinking about positioning in the current environment.
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