Investment Grade Quarterly Update – January 2022
TwentyFour Partner and Portfolio Manager, Gordon Shannon, discusses how the investment grade strategy has performed in Q4 2021 and provides his outlook for the new year.
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Policy, economy and markets must converge in 2022
Shortly after publishing his annual Rodney Blog, TwentyFour CEO Mark Holman sat down with Tom Porter to discuss the biggest calls fixed income investors will have to make in 2022, and explain why he believes the current disconnect between monetary policy, the economy and the markets cannot last for long.
The Rodney Blog 2022: Policy, economy and markets must converge
What we are currently experiencing is a disconnect between monetary policy, the economy and the markets, a disconnect that in our view will struggle to survive much longer.
How swaps can reduce rates risk as we move towards tightening
With rising government bond yield curves one of the biggest concerns for fixed income fund managers going into 2022, Eoin Walsh points to interest rate swaps as one option for reducing the rates risk of a portfolio without impacting its credit exposure.
Investment Grade Quarterly Update – October 2021
TwentyFour Portfolio Manager, Diana Chiu, discusses how Investment Grade markets have performed in Q3 2021 and provides her outlook for the rest of the year.
Winter is Coming
It will take time for this sector to recover and we are likely to see more suppliers collapse in the coming weeks and months.
Stagflation – Probable or Panic?
Our base case is for a continuation of quite high growth and a modest inflation overshoot. For bond investors, positioning for stagflation could be a dangerous trade if that base case bears out
Insights from the Investment Grade team - Fixed Income Festival 2021
TwentyFour Asset Management's annual conference took place virtually for the second year running on September 15 & 16, with hundreds of attendees tuning in live for interactive sessions with TwentyFour's portfolio management team. All the insights from the Investment Grade team are now available
How Much Supply is There to Come?
This supply surge can be very welcome for those investors with cash to put to work, though it is also eyed with caution.
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.
Credit Fundamentals Set to Improve Further
Frustratingly for fixed income investors looking to buy bonds, the data seem to fully justify the high valuations we see in so many parts of our market at the moment; it really would not make sense to be able to buy bonds cheaply when conditions are so good.
Investment Grade Q2 2021 Update
In TwentyFour's Investment Grade update on Wednesday 12th May 2021, Partner and Portfolio Manager Chris Bowie provided an update on investment themes and positioning in the Investment Grade market.