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.
Insights Topic
Fixed Income
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.
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.
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
Second time lucky?
It is hard to draw any immediate conclusion from this transaction other than Repsol's notable persistence to obtain sustainable financing.
The new mortgage prisoners – the unintended consequences of improving the world
In both instances, the good intentions of the regulator and the authorities are clear… But at the same time both changes have the potential to cause an increasingly undesired side effect.
Should We Fear the Repo Men?
Given the magnitude of the amounts involved we do think there is potential for some temporary volatility in the US Treasury market as the volumes change. We will be keeping a keen eye on both in the months ahead.
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.