UK

In the first of a two-part series on the UK housing market, Shilpa Pathak looks at the experience of previous recessions and argues fundamentals today look far stronger than they did either in 2007 or the early 1990s

Chris Bowie explains why he believes analysing starting yields can explain improved returns over the next five years

With investors caught between inflation and recession, Chris Bowie argues current valuations in short term, investment grade bonds can offer portfolios both downside protection and attractive yields.

With the UK pension fund liquidity crisis sparking heavy selling in ABS, Pauline Quirin looks at how the market absorbed all the supply, and which investors have stepped in sensing a buying opportunity.

With well over €10bn of new bonds sold by European banks and corporates on Monday, Felipe Villarroel analyses the pricing and looks at the patterns that usually emerge when primary markets reopen.

With Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt leading a more fiscally conservative UK government, Johnathan Owen checks in on sterling asset valuations and argues the UK premium is overcompensating for underlying risks.

With some UK bank bonds now trading with higher yields than their counterparts in Turkey, Mark Holman questions whether the dumping of UK and sterling assets has gone too far.

George Curtis looks at market conditions in the third quarter of 2022 and his expectations for the rest of the year.

Eoin Walsh gave an update on fixed income markets, touching on what has been going on in UK markets, as well as how the events of recent days fit into the overall macro picture, including inflation and the likely path of central bank policy elsewhere in the world.

With the higher rated tranches of euro CLOs popular with UK pension funds, Aza Teeuwen looks at how the market coped with heavy selling in recent days and notes investment grade CLO bonds are now yielding close to 10%.

Will Kwasi Kwarteng’s U-turn bring some much needed stability to the UK economy? Dillon Lancaster shares his thoughts

With UK banks pulling mortgages from the market, Douglas Charleston explains why this doesn’t reflect any fundamental weakness in the UK banking sector, but rather the uncertainty created by the sharp moves in UK rates.