Strategic Income Quarterly Update – January 2021

Liquidity is a key consideration in fixed income to determine whether assets can be bought or sold at speed, in sufficient size, with minimal price impact.

Hyperscaler bond issuance has surged in 2026, with volumes already far exceeding previous years. Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle and SpaceX have issued over $180bn of USD-denominated bonds so far this year.

The US Treasury Department surprised markets yesterday afternoon by announcing an increase in its buyback operations, which will “at least double” to $4bn, from 9 September to 4 November.

The TwentyFour Multi-Asset Credit (MAC) strategy aims to maximise returns by allocating to a broad range of sectors across the global credit markets and dynamically targeting what it considers the optimum mix of credit assets as economic conditions change across the market cycle.

Credit assets generally performed well in the first of half of 2026, despite periodic volatility driven by the Iran war and concerns about AI disruption and private credit.

TwentyFour Asset Management’s Gordon Shannon reflects on a quarter shaped by geopolitical tensions, government bond volatility and shifting central bank expectations.