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.
CLO Metrics continue to improve
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.
ESG is Inflationary
As companies and individuals adopt sustainable practices, we believe the potential exists for inflationary consequences.
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.
Supply points to Selectivity?
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.
Labour Support Tapering Need Not Be Feared
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