TwentyFour

If we suppose a bond investor views an upcoming event as a potential threat to their positioning, they may attempt to hedge their portfolio with another position. The event passes, and the hedge works, but to the investor maintaining the hedge seems like a good idea in the aftermath. Do you maintain the position or remove it?

So far, lockdown restrictions have suppressed each wave of the virus; will the competent authorities have the conviction to see this latest wave through without erring on the side of caution once again?

TwentyFour Partner and Chairman Graeme Anderson discusses the firm’s ESG developments during Q2 2021 and presents its plan for the coming months.

Whether the Bank of England halts all purchases in August or merely begins to slow the pace of purchasing later in Q4 this year, by 2022, less technical support will exist for gilts.

TwentyFour's CEO, Mark Holman, discusses market conditions in Q2 2021 and provides his outlook for the year ahead.

TwentyFour Partner and Portfolio Manager, Douglas Charleston, explains how ABS markets have performed in Q2 2021 and provides his outlook for the year ahead.

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.

Based on these metrics, the picture seems rosy, and credit performance looks set to continue through the second half of the year should the main drivers of the recovery remain intact.

As companies and individuals adopt sustainable practices, we believe the potential exists for inflationary consequences.

It feels like we are currently spending at least 40% of our time talking about inflation, or more accurately, why the US Federal Reserve seems to have a different view of inflation to almost everybody else.

In this video, TwentyFour CEO Mark Holman joins Tom Porter to decipher the Fed’s latest messaging, and to remind bond managers that Jerome Powell is not one of them.

Doing the necessary work to understand the difference between companies merely exposed to COVID restrictions and those structurally damaged by them continues to be extremely important.