Meet George

George Curtis

Portfolio Management

9 years investment experience

London

TwentyFour Asset Management LLP

8th Floor, The Monument Building, 11 Monument Street

EC3R 8AF London

United Kingdom

George joined TwentyFour in early 2015 as a member of the Multi-Sector Bond team. He is a member of the Portfolio Management team with his primary responsibilities being to help manage the firm’s Multi-Sector Bond portfolios. He is a CFA Charterholder and member of the CFA Society UK.

Prior to joining TwentyFour George worked as a Futures Trader at Marex Spectron for 3 years. George graduated from the University of East Anglia with a BSc in Economics.

Insights

TwentyFour Blog 12 Feb 2021 by George Curtis

GBP High Yield Closing the Gap?

The last few weeks has seen healthy issuance in the high yield space, including multiple billion pound deals, the most recent of which, Asda, priced on Wednesday. This was an interesting deal for a few reasons, not least because it is the largest sterling high yield deal of all time

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TwentyFour Blog 5 Feb 2021 by George Curtis

ESG Covenants in High Yield

Ultimately, the fact that the Klockner deal is not marketed as a green loan but still includes ESG-related covenants is proof that ESG needs to be integrated into an investor’s credit work as a matter of course, something we have been arguing for years.

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Market Update 20 Jan 2021 by George Curtis

Multi-Sector Bond Quarterly Update – January 2021

George Curtis discusses credit markets in Q4 2020 and provides his outlook for the year ahead

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TwentyFour Blog 15 Jan 2021 by George Curtis

Trio of HY Deals Could Set Tone for 2021

For high yield issuers 2021 has started in a similar vein to 2020, with the technical backdrop providing an attractive environment for capital raising.

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Market Update 7 Jan 2021 by George Curtis

Our view on high yield defaults

In his latest video, George Curtis discusses our views on high yield defaults over the last few months and what he thinks we can expect in 2021

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TwentyFour Blog 7 Dec 2020 by George Curtis

Default Outlook Points to Further HY Tightening

We have now retraced some 90% of the March widening in European high yield (on a spread basis and relative to the January tights), a recovery trend we expect to continue as economies open up and demand bounces back.

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