fixed income

Amid a backdrop of uncertainty and financial-market correction, where are the opportunities for fixed-income investors?

We debate the most out-of-consensus viewpoints for 2025.

We assess the global outlook for 2025 and uncover the key areas of opportunity for bond investors.

We consider the broad investment implications of Donald Trump’s US election victory.

How should bond investors approach market conditions similar to those last seen in the 1970s?

We assess the current and potential future impact of inflation, debt and interest rates upon markets.

Against the backdrop of presidential and legislative elections, we assess the investment outlook for booming Indonesia.

We analyze how China’s economy is influencing inflation rates across the developed and emerging world.

Why we believe a changed macroeconomic backdrop makes an absolute-return investment approach increasingly relevant.

With several key trends set to reach an important climax in 2024, we consider the investment implications.

After two difficult years, we explain why we believe the prospects for bond investors are improving.

We analyze what recent events in Russia could mean for the Ukraine war and Europe’s mid-term inflation outlook.

Our thoughts on First Republic's collapse and what it means for the banking sector.

We analyze the potential consequences of tighter money supply and changing central-bank rate policy

We analyze the prospects for bond markets in 2023.

We assess the prospects for UK government bonds

We examine how the Russian leader’s actions have affected the market’s risk premium and what might happen next.

We analyze potential consequences of new UK fiscal and monetary policy for UK bonds and the wider economy.

We analyze how diverging economies can create opportunities for bond investors with a global mindset.

We explain how our macro-focused investment themes have evolved to deal with a changing geopolitical and economic backdrop.

We examine how the theme of divergence is creating opportunities for global bond investors in the US market.

Feasting on honey or playing with fire?

We examine the long-term global structural impacts of the Ukraine war and Russia’s pariah status.

We assess the possible investment implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

We assess what the Fed’s latest monetary-policy signaling could mean for bond markets.

We assess central banks’ latest strategies on interest rates as near-term inflation continues to rise.

We assess the mood in bond markets as central banks once again start to focus on tapering quantitative-easing…

We assess the drivers behind unusual recent moves in global bond markets and consider what may happen next.

We assess the near and mid-term implications of central-bank and government policy for bond markets.

We discuss how bond markets have responded to the US election.

As the global pandemic fallout continues, we assess the relative merits of developed and emerging-market debt.

Why we believe the post-pandemic economy will take some time to get back to pre-crisis levels.

We assess the ramifications of the European Union’s €750bn deal for EU bond markets and the euro.

We assess two potential tail-risk scenarios from the pandemic that could hurt investment-grade bond investors.

We assess how US-dollar strength will affect the global economy as it starts to recover from the pandemic.