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The magnitude of the strong beginning to the year has probably surprised even those who were forecasting a positive start to 2018.

The BTL sector has taken a bit of a pounding over the last couple of years, as authorities introduced a number of harsh measures to counter fears of “financial stability risks” posed by growth in lending, with concerns that future financial tightening could lead to a surge in landlords looking to exit the market should they become stressed, and subsequently cause a house price crash.  The measures included:

Way back in the summer of 2012 we wrote in our blog Picking up the PieCeS about a newly launched industry initiative to develop a set of best practice criteria for European ABS, awarding those deals that met the conditions with a label of qualification.

Ben Hayward looks back at performance for Asset Backed Securities over the last few months and provides an outlook for the rest of the year.

Eoin Walsh discusses performance for the Strategic Income strategy over the last quarter and provides his outlook for the rest of 2017.

Chris Bowie looks back at performance for the Outcome Driven strategy and provides his outlook for the rest of the year.

Mark Holman, CEO presents TwentyFour's views and expectations and where we are in the credit cycle.

Last week we held our Annual Fixed Income Conference where we provided over 200 of our clients with a unique insight and outlook into Fixed Income markets, with Willem Buiter (Global Chief Economist, Citi Group) as a keynote speaker.

TwentyFour, in conjunction with the Fund’s management company Vontobel Asset Management S.A., have had approved the application to change the name of the “Vontobel Fund TwentyFour Global Unconstrained Bond”, to be “Vontobel Fund TwentyFour Strategic Income Fund”.

Ben Hayward looks back at performance for Asset Backed Securities over the last few months and provides an outlook for the rest of the year.

Chris Bowie discusses Q2 performance of the Outcome Driven strategy and provides his outlook for the rest of the year.

Mark Holman discusses the performance for the Strategic Income strategy over the last quarter and looks forward to the rest of the year.