Flash Fixed Income: Riding the bumps in credit markets

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.

US consumer price index (CPI) inflation eased more than expected in June, reducing the probability of a hike at the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting later this month.

TwentyFour Asset Management’s Elena Rinaldi reflects on a quarter in which Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) and Collateralised Loan Obligation (CLOs) markets demonstrated resilience despite heightened geopolitical and market volatility.

TwentyFour Asset Management’s Diva Bashay reflects on a quarter which tested market sentiment through geopolitical tensions, shifting interest rate expectations and UK political developments.

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

Another week, another hyperscaler deal. Market participants have by now become accustomed to the steady flood of issuance from the large tech players as they look to build out their Artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure to manage the ever-increasing demands for compute

The primary risk in a fixed income portfolio is credit risk – the risk that a bond issuer will fail to make payments (or “default”) on its debt.

The German government has been quite an active and bold one since it took office some 15 months ago.

Collateralised loan obligations (CLOs) are securitisations backed by a large pool of senior secured corporate loans, which are financed partly via selling bonds to investors.