5/04/2022 Economy & Markets Credit markets: more attractive valuations but we remain cau... Valuations are now a little more attractive. However, the environment remains challenging, particularly in Europe.
5/01/2022 Economy & Markets Central banks: a successful hawkish turn The three major central banks issued restrictive signals last week. The banks have succeeded in changing the course of their monetary policies without...
22/04/2020 Fixed Income & FX Revisiting the global high yield outlook in the wake of the ... Global HY markets sold off aggressively between February and March in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the oil price war and the liquidity freeze in...
21/02/2020 Fixed Income & FX Global high yield outlook: Be confident, but not complacent Last year was a strong year for global bond markets, which were supported by the accommodative stance of the main central banks and strong investor demand....
17/01/2020 Economy & Markets Economic resilience, Fed and elections to drive US markets i... 2019 proved a strong year for US assets, with US equity markets recording the strongest annual total return since 2013 and the US aggregate bond index...
9/12/2019 Fixed Income & FX Screen the Euro fixed income market in the era of three 'low... As 2020 approaches, the uncertainty in the market has receded but there are still risks ahead involving macroeconomic, political and technical factors....
4/11/2019 Fixed Income & FX High Yield: deep diving needed due to a more uncertain outlo... Global growth has been slowing since 2018, due to a combination of factors, including trade wars - with consequently slower global trade - past US Fed...
2/08/2019 Fixed Income & FX Seek high yield opportunities, but be aware of liquidity con... Speculative grade bonds have been among the major beneficiaries of the rapid turn of both Fed and ECB monetary policy stances to much more dovish positions....
23/05/2019 Fixed Income & FX High Yield: Oasis in search for yield? Since early 2016, US HY default rates have experienced a sort of “mini –cycle”, peaking at the end of 2016.
14/11/2018 Economy & Markets What lies ahead for the US economy and markets? The robust performance of the US economy in 2018 has led to the supremacy of US risk assets compared to the rest of the world.
