Meet Aza

Aza Teeuwen

Partner, Portfolio Management

17 years investment experience

London

TwentyFour Asset Management LLP

8th Floor, The Monument Building, 11 Monument Street

EC3R 8AF London

United Kingdom

Aza is a partner at TwentyFour Asset Management (TwentyFour) and portfolio manager in the Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) team.

Applying his 17 years of fixed income portfolio management experience, Aza’s primary responsibility is managing the firm’s ABS funds and several institutional mandates. He is also a member of TwentyFour’s Asset Allocation Committee.

Prior to joining TwentyFour in 2011, Aza spent 4 years working for IMC Asset Management in Amsterdam, where he focused on the European Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) and Collateralised Loan Obligation (CLO) sectors. A graduate of the University of Twente (the Netherlands), Aza holds a master’s degree in Financial Engineering & Management.

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A difference of opinion in US and European CLOs

9 Dec 2024 TwentyFour Blog

A difference of opinion in US and European CLOs

Last week, members of TwentyFour’s asset-backed securities (ABS) portfolio management team were in Dana Point, California for the Opal Group CLO Summit, an annual event with over 2,000 participants made up of investors, bankers, CLO managers, service providers and lawyers.

Rates uncertainty prolongs ABS buying opportunity

5 Dec 2024 Market Update

Rates uncertainty prolongs ABS buying opportunity

With fresh uncertainty surrounding the path for interest rate cuts, we believe the high current income and typically lower volatility offered by European asset-backed securities (ABS) and Collateralised Loan Obligations (CLOs) make them an attractive allocation option for this stage of the cycle.

Asset-Backed Securities Quarterly Update – July 2023

10 Oct 2024 Market Update

Asset-Backed Securities Quarterly Update – October 2024

As the third quarter of 2024 comes to a close, TwentyFour Asset Management's Aza Teeuwen reflects on what this has meant for the Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) team. Not only were volumes across European ABS elevated throughout July and August, we also saw €34 billion in primary issuance – a significant increase from previous years.

Can we complain about ABS supply?

2 Sep 2024 TwentyFour Blog

Can we complain about ABS supply?

The start of the school year ordinarily also marks the end of summer for the primary bond markets as issuance restarts, though this year feels rather different.

CLO outlook: value remains but watch for greed on pricing

4 Jul 2024 TwentyFour Blog

CLO outlook: value remains but watch for greed on pricing

Having been the best performing asset class across fixed income in 2023, collateralised loan obligations (CLOs) have spent the first half of this year on similar form with record levels of issuance meeting equally strong demand from a broadening range of investors.

The alternative: AAA CLOs

8 May 2024 TwentyFour Blog

The alternative: AAA CLOs

Following an incredible 2023, collateralised loan obligation (CLO) investors are again having a great year with the asset class outperforming the more traditional asset classes.