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White papersFixed Income Outlook: Navigating the final stretch of 2024
The onset of a new rate-cutting cycle, coupled with divergent regional economic growth trends, presents a promising landscape for active bond managers. Yet inflationary and geopolitical risks lurk in the background. Against a macro environment with many moving parts, five fixed income managers from across Generali Investments explain their investment views for the last leg of 2024.
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White papersFixed Income Investment Outlook 4Q 2024
With the U.S. Federal Reserve’s recent interest rate cut, we anticipate broad easing by central banks over the next year across the developed world. However, some caution may be warranted on duration, as markets may be overly optimistic about the initial pace of reductions. Meanwhile still sturdy, if softening, economic conditions along with strong investor demand have contributed to narrow corporate credit spreads, reinforcing the value of a quality emphasis and drawing on yield and price opportunities wherever they emerge.
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White papersFixed income perspectives 4Q 2024: Capturing fixed income opportunities as central banks shift gears
The outlook, themes, and investment implications for global fixed income markets
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White papersSlow-speed crash? Problems for the European auto sector pile up
Healthy cash balances built up over the past three years will be tested as firms attempt to weather the four-pronged oncoming storm of labour relations, EV uptake, emissions regulations and China
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White papersBoeing bonds bound to bounce back?
Boeing is an iconic name. It enjoys high levels of political support in the government of its single largest customer, the United States. It produces the president-carrying Air Force One, makes the ubiquitous commercial airliners, influences space exploration, produces military equipment and maintains significant nuclear capabilities for the US. This relationship is a substantial pillar of support for the credit.
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White papers50bps and the bond curve…
Simon Prior, Fixed Income Fund Manager, discusses the impact of the recent rate cut on both the fixed income and the broader market.
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White papersWhen the stars align: Opportunities in global investment grade corporate bonds
The turn in the interest rate cycle toward lower rates potentially provides a strong backdrop for fixed income. And with its high quality, attractive yield and duration profile, we believe investment grade credit could be well positioned to provide investors with strong returns over the coming investment cycle.
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White papersRiding the technical tailwinds: The outlook for investment-grade credit
Credit markets have had a comparatively easy ride so far in 2024, and investment-grade corporate spreads are now at some of their tightest levels for a long time. But investors must guard against complacency.
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White papersAn ABS renaissance? Why it may be time for insurers to reconsider asset-backed securities
Securitisation performs a vital role in capital markets and asset-backed securities have historically been a core holding for insurance companies. This article revisits the investment thesis for ABS and explores why the stage may be set for something of a renaissance.
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White papersAre bonds back for H2?
We see opportunities across the market but believe having clear geographic distinctions will prove a key performance driver.
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White papersCorporate Hybrid Issuers Adopt a 30-Year Maturity Standard
A growing trend for issuing corporate hybrids with shorter contractual maturities is further reducing aspects of risk in the asset class. Recent corporate hybrid issuance, in both Europe and the U.S., suggests a trend for moving from long-dated or perpetual contractual maturity structures to shorter-dated 30-year maturities.
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White papersCentral banks divergences on display
The Fed left interest rates unchanged in its latest policy meeting in July but acknowledged that price pressures are subsiding. This could encourage the Fed to reduce interest rates later this year. Across the Atlantic, the Bank of England (BoE) implemented its first rate cut since early 2020 on abating inflation in the UK. In contrast, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) raised policy rates for the second time this year to control upward pressures on inflation.
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White papersThe case for bonds (as rates inch towards normalisation)
With the Fed expected to begin its easing cycle later this year, bond markets appear poised to generate income to a degree not seen since before the 2008-09 financial crisis.
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White papersUncovering US muni bond opportunity
With inflationary pressures now easing, generationally high yield levels in the US municipal bond sector and the historic resilience of the asset class are proving increasingly attractive to both domestic and global investors, says Insight Investment1 senior portfolio manager Jeffrey Burger.
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White papersThe changing face of global interest rate movements
Rising yields, growing income opportunity and an increasingly supportive market environment make a compelling case for investment in global credit, according to Insight Investment1 portfolio manager Shaun Casey.
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White papersAsia’s New Balance: High-Yield Market Offers More Diversity, Lower Risk
After a turbulent few years caused by the shakeout in China’s property sector, the Asia high-yield bond market has found a new equilibrium based on sound fundamentals, attractive valuations and strong returns. We think it’s time for investors to consider its growth potential and diversification benefits.
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White papersMid-year investment update – Navigating political turmoil
The US economy is still on a soft landing path, even if the speed and timing of the touchdown vary after each economic release. The most recent US inflation data show price rises slowing more quickly than in the first part of the year. The eurozone, by contrast, continues to see persistently higher inflation
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White papersWhich matters more, top-down or bottom-up?
As an active credit manager, bottom-up analysis is always going to be a core part of our investment process – we add alpha for our clients through careful security selection. But given today’s macro environment has diverged so much from historical norms and is on the verge of shifting again as monetary loosening gathers momentum, what role does a top-down view play and is it more important than bottom-up calls?
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White papersFrontier markets: select opportunities in local bonds
After facing a number of shocks, select frontier local markets are looking more attractive thanks to a combination of large exchange rate devaluations, tighter monetary policies and increased external financing.
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White papersA fine time to lock in higher bond yields
Thinking about duration in investment grade credit hasn’t been top of clients’ minds in recent years – with good reason. Bond yields have been exceptionally low, with the Sterling five-year corporate bond yield falling from around 4% in the middle of the previous decade to almost 1.5% by the end of 2020.
