Government Bonds

Partner and Portfolio Manager Eoin Walsh discusses Q2 performance for the Strategic Income strategy and provides his outlook for 2020.

Given the steep, uninterrupted rally we have witnessed since the end of March, we think it is a good time to reassess how much value is left in fixed income markets, if any.

Partner and Portfolio Manager Felipe Villarroel provides an update on fixed income markets.

CEO Mark Holman provides his outlook for credit markets in 2020, highlighting investment themes and sectors that still offer fixed income investors good relative value.

Partner and Portfolio Manager Felipe Villarroel provides an update on fixed income markets.

The coronavirus pandemic has brought about perhaps the greatest– and fastest – repricing of risk fixed income investors have ever witnessed.

It has been a positive sign for us that despite lockdowns being enforced in most of the major economies around the world, in the last two weeks several issuers have managed to successfully raise new debt via the primary market.

Some of the panic selling has also abated as investors are gradually building their cash piles to desirable levels. However, we are still a long way away from normal bond markets.

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Partner and Portfolio Manager Eoin Walsh provides an update on recent market developments and looking at the portfolio positioning of the Strategic Income Fund.

Perfect timing is practically impossible in situations like these, but one way to tackle this risk is to gradually reduce ‘good’ duration by moving to the shorter part of the UST curve, which would be less sensitive to a move higher in yields.

Partner and Portfolio Manager Felipe Villarroel recently hosted a webinar providing an outlook for credit markets in 2020, highlighting investment themes and sectors that still offer fixed income investors good relative value.