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Meet Ben

Ben Hayward CFA

Portfolio Manager

22 years investment experience

London

TwentyFour Asset Management LLP

8th Floor, The Monument Building, 11 Monument Street

EC3R 8AF London

United Kingdom

Ben Hayward is one of the founding partners of TwentyFour Asset Management and a Portfolio Manager. He is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, which has the overall responsibility for the day-to-day running of the business.

Ben’s main responsibility is managing the asset-backed securities (ABS) business, having launched various funds, as well as managing a number of institutional mandates. He is a member of the Investment, Risk and Product Committees.

Ben has 21 years of fixed income portfolio management experience, having spent 9 years at Citigroup Alternative Investments, where he was responsible for managing four vehicles that invested USD 100bn across asset-backed securities and credit.

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TwentyFour Asset Management

White Paper Aug 14 2019 by Ben Hayward

Europe vs. The World: Why we are wary of US ABS

As one of Europe’s leading asset-backed securities (ABS) investors, we are often asked why we haven’t yet sought approval to expand the remit of our strategies to US securitisations. Here are five reasons we think a focus on Europe remains the best-rewarded strategy when it comes to the global ABS market today.

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TwentyFour Asset Management

White Paper Aug 14 2019 by Ben Hayward

UK ABS: Braced For a Boris Brexit

With the election of Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party, and subsequently as the next UK prime minister, the chances of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit took a decisive tick upwards. We believe the UK ABS market will be an effective defensive holding against the deep uncertainty around the Brexit outcome, and one which could also offer some material spread upside given the premium currently being priced into UK assets.

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TwentyFour Asset Management

White Paper Jun 04 2019 by Ben Hayward

Five things to consider when investing in ABS

Despite boasting some of the lowest default rates across the global fixed income market, as well as higher yields and greater investor protections than vanilla corporate bonds of the same rating, Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) remains an under-utilised market for many pension funds. TwentyFour partner Ben Hayward outlines five things every investor should keep in mind when looking at this compelling asset class.

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