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Four Lessons for Bond Investors
If we suppose a bond investor views an upcoming event as a potential threat to their positioning, they may attempt to hedge their portfolio with another position. The event passes, and the hedge works, but to the investor maintaining the hedge seems like a good idea in the aftermath. Do you maintain the position or remove it?
ESG Quarterly Update – July 2021
TwentyFour Partner and Chairman Graeme Anderson discusses the firm’s ESG developments during Q2 2021 and presents its plan for the coming months.
Multi-Sector Bond Quarterly Update – July 2021
TwentyFour's CEO, Mark Holman, discusses market conditions in Q2 2021 and provides his outlook for the year ahead.
Asset-Backed Securities Quarterly Update – July 2021
TwentyFour Partner and Portfolio Manager, Douglas Charleston, explains how ABS markets have performed in Q2 2021 and provides his outlook for the year ahead.
Investment Grade Quarterly Update – July 2021
TwentyFour Partner and Portfolio Manager, Gordon Shannon, discusses how Investment Grade markets have performed in Q2 2021 and provides his outlook for the upcoming months.
Investors should remember – Powell is not a bond manager
It feels like we are currently spending at least 40% of our time talking about inflation, or more accurately, why the US Federal Reserve seems to have a different view of inflation to almost everybody else.
Is the Fed behind the curve on inflation?
In this video, TwentyFour CEO Mark Holman joins Tom Porter to decipher the Fed’s latest messaging, and to remind bond managers that Jerome Powell is not one of them.
The Active ESG Dimension
TwentyFour Asset Management’s purpose-built Observatory platform scans the global universe of bonds looking for ESG stars
Where is the ESG fixed income sweet spot?
Creating a truly sustainable bond fund is no mean feat. Unlike the listed equity universe, where ESG data is more readily available, it is often sorely lacking in the fixed income space. At the same time, the problem for fixed income managers is exacerbated by the complexity of a bond’s structure, consisting of multiple parts which must all be individually assessed.
Building an ESG Observatory
The definitions of what ESG really means are still blurry and there is no one-size-fits-all approach to sustainability. If anything, the growing popularity of these funds has highlighted the differences in the expectations of both individual investors and institutions when it comes to ESG.
ESG's tipping point
Fixed income investors are in "pole position to push for change" when it comes to ESG
AT1 Virtual Event: Re-Rating AT1s and the Banking Sector - 24th June 2021
In this unique virtual event from TwentyFour Asset Management, TwentyFour CEO Mark Holman guided us through the AT1 market as we discovered what role he thinks these bonds can play in a fixed income portfolio.