fixed income

Against the backdrop of presidential and legislative elections, we assess the investment outlook for booming Indonesia.

With several key trends set to reach an important climax in 2024, we consider the investment implications.

After two difficult years, we explain why we believe the prospects for bond investors are improving.

What recent events in Russia could mean for the Ukraine war and Europe’s mid-term inflation outlook.

Our thoughts on First Republic's collapse and what it means for the future of the banking sector.

Could we see further financial casualties this year?

How the theme of ‘great power competition’ could shape the macroeconomic backdrop in 2023 and beyond.

Bond investors can play a pivotal role in moving the planet to a lower-carbon way of life.

How far can the bond rally go?

We assess the impact of the UK government’s Autumn Statement on the gilt market.

Assessing the UK’s monetary and fiscal predicament.

We examine how the Russian leader’s actions have affected the market’s risk premium and what might happen next.

We analyse potential consequences of new UK fiscal and monetary policy for UK bonds and the wider economy.

We analyse how diverging economies can create opportunities for bond investors with a global mindset.

How our macro-focused investment themes have evolved to deal with a changing geopolitical and economic backdrop.

We examine how the theme of divergence is creating opportunities for global bond investors in the US market.

As conflict continues in Ukraine, we assess the potential investment implications arising from evolving Sino-Russian relations.

We highlight some trends that we believe will influence the sustainable fixed-income market in 2022.

We assess the possible investment implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

We assess what the Fed’s latest monetary-policy signalling could mean for bond markets.

We assess central banks’ latest strategies on interest rates as near-term inflation continues to rise.

We assess the impact of a potential rate rise by the Bank of England next week.

We assess the mood in bond markets as central banks once again start to focus on tapering quantitative-easing…

We assess the drivers behind unusual recent moves in global bond markets and consider what may happen next.

How sustainable fixed-income investing is growing in prominence, and why an active approach makes sense.

We assess the near and mid-term implications of central-bank and government policy for bond markets.

We assess the implications of the UK Budget for bond markets and the wider economy.

Key trends that will help to shape the growth of the sustainable fixed-income market in 2021 and beyond.

How a multi-asset credit approach could help investors seeking better yields and diversification.

We discuss how bond markets have responded to the US election.

As the global pandemic fallout continues, we assess the relative merits of developed and emerging-market debt.

Why we believe the post-pandemic economy will take some time to get back to pre-crisis levels.

We analyse the importance of sound governance and disciplined ESG analysis when selecting emerging-market government bonds.

We assess the ramifications of the European Union’s €750bn deal for EU bond markets and the euro.

We assess two potential tail-risk scenarios from the pandemic that could hurt investment-grade bond investors.

We assess how US-dollar strength will affect the global economy as it starts to recover from the pandemic.

We assess some potential consequences of the pandemic, and how they may play out in the global economy.

How the pandemic and rescue packages are changing both corporate behaviour and the dynamics of fixed-income markets.

We assess the impact of the Bank of England’s latest efforts to calm febrile markets.

We assess what the European Central Bank’s latest financial rescue package means for European bond markets.

We analyse the impact of Covid-19 on global bond markets in anticipation of the next stage.

We analyse the impact of the UK government’s financial rescue package on bond markets

Despite yields plunging following the Fed’s coronavirus-motivated rate cut, we believe opportunities still exist in bond markets.

How the spending pledges from the two main political parties could affect the UK gilts market.

As street protests spread across the region, is Latin America approaching a tipping point?

As the political deadlock looks set to continue in Spain, we assess the impact on debt markets.

A further Brexit delay and an unpredictable election spell further near-term uncertainty for the UK economy.

As Brexit uncertainty drags on, we assess the potential future consequences for the UK’s debt markets.

What could Boris Johnson’s victory mean for the UK’s gilt and currency markets, and future Brexit strategy?

The global liquidity party remains very much in evidence, despite the Norwegian central bank’s latest rate hike.

What are the ESG risks surrounding sovereign bonds?

How is the UK’s Brexit waiting game playing out in the bond markets?

As tariffs are hiked again, where does the US-China trade war go from here?

Political uncertainty could create short-term instability for Spanish bond spreads, but will it last?

Amid another tumultuous week, the outcome of the UK’s Brexit negotiations look even murkier.

The Irish and UK prime ministers are experiencing contrasting fortunes as Brexit negotiations rumble on.

Venezuela’s president and opposition leader are deepening a political crisis that could hold major implications for global markets.

As the bond-market cycle clock ticks on, we offer our outlook for 2019.

Theresa May’s crushing Brexit deal defeat appears relatively meaningless compared to what might happen next.

Theresa May has survived for now, but will the EU budge from the deal on the table?

At our investment conference, we discussed the stress indicators that could herald the next market stage for bonds.