Fixed Income

So far, lockdown restrictions have suppressed each wave of the virus; will the competent authorities have the conviction to see this latest wave through without erring on the side of caution once again?

Whether the Bank of England halts all purchases in August or merely begins to slow the pace of purchasing later in Q4 this year, by 2022, less technical support will exist for gilts.

TwentyFour's CEO, Mark Holman, discusses market conditions in Q2 2021 and provides his outlook for the year ahead.

TwentyFour Partner and Portfolio Manager, Gordon Shannon, discusses how the short term bond strategy has performed in Q2 2021 and provides his outlook for the upcoming months.

TwentyFour Partner and Portfolio Manager, Douglas Charleston, explains how ABS markets have performed in Q2 2021 and provides his outlook for the year ahead.

According to Mark Holman, CEO at TwentyFour Asset Management (a boutique of Vontobel Asset Management), he is currently spending at least 40% of his time talking about inflation, or more accurately, why the US Federal Reserve seems to have a different view of inflation to almost everybody else.

Based on these metrics, the picture seems rosy, and credit performance looks set to continue through the second half of the year should the main drivers of the recovery remain intact.

After a hawkish turn from the Fed at its June policy meeting, the response in US Treasury markets has confounded market participants and intensified the debate over ‘transitory’ inflation.

As companies and individuals adopt sustainable practices, we believe the potential exists for inflationary consequences.

Doing the necessary work to understand the difference between companies merely exposed to COVID restrictions and those structurally damaged by them continues to be extremely important.

Douglas Charleston examines the health of labour markets across key developed economies and why ABS investors shouldn’t fear the gradual removal of COVID related job support schemes

It is hard to draw any immediate conclusion from this transaction other than Repsol's notable persistence to obtain sustainable financing.