All Fixed Income articles – Page 4
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White papers2026 Midyear Multi-Asset Outlook: From AI Promise to Delivery
At the beginning of 2026, we were anticipating a year when market leadership would pivot back to the U.S., given that global growth drivers remained narrowly focused on AI and largely U.S.-based. Taiwan and Korea supply much of the chips that drive AI, and several mega-caps from these two countries have almost single-handedly pulled emerging markets into the winners’ circle.
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White papersRelative Value & Tactical Asset Allocation Q3 2026
Markets are refocusing on fundamentals as geopolitical noise fades. This Q3 2026 outlook highlights resilient growth, persistent inflation and opportunities in high-quality sectors. Discover where disciplined, income-focused investors can find value.
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White papersFour forces shaping credit markets
Global credit markets are entering a more complex and uncertain phase, despite broadly resilient headline fundamentals. While growth remains positive, it is increasingly narrow and uneven, and investors should prepare for higher volatility and greater dispersion in returns across issuers and sectors.
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PodcastUS high yield: Resilience against interest rate and spread volatility
The US high yield market has weathered recent market turbulence well, but selectivity is becoming increasingly paramount. Jack Stephenson, Senior Investment Specialist, tells Chris Iggo that the outlook for US high yield remains constructive despite widening dispersion across industry and quality segments of the market.
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White papersEmerging Market Sustainable Bonds - Report 2025
Clean-energy investment continues to expand - Global clean-energy capital expenditure reached a record $2.2 trillion in 2025, 10 percent higher than a year earlier and equivalent to 65 percent of total energy capex.
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White papersInvestment Perspectives Mid-Year Outlook 2026: Rally vs reality
In the first half of 2026, a striking divergence has emerged: equity and bond markets appear to be dancing to very different beats.
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White papers2026 Midyear Investment Outlook
Capital Group’s 2026 Midyear Outlook report delves into many market-driving issues, including conflict, the AI rollout, inflation, high oil prices and the US midterms. It also identifies key equity and fixed income investment themes. Here we offer an overview of the opportunities as we see them. Be sure to download the full report for a deeper dive.
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White papersIt’s Time to Take Another Look at Core Fixed Income
In a higher-yield, volatile rate environment, core fixed income once again plays a central role in portfolios. In the current investment environment, core fixed income may provide attractive income, the potential for price appreciation, a focus on capital preservation and a valuable offset to the risk of more volatile assets such as equities.
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White papersBond Outlook: Strong yields offer upside as risks linger
Halfway through the year, bond markets are contending with the twists and turns of war in Iran, shifting labour market dynamics and heightened risks to economic growth.
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White papersThe growing role of capex in inflation dynamics
Last week’s inflation report, and expectations of a U.S.-Iran agreement, have eased inflation concerns. However, the inflation outlook is not defined by oil dynamics alone. AI capex, combined with rising global expenditures on defense and energy security, is reinforcing demand for commodities, suggesting a durable capex cycle could lift producer costs and put upward pressure on inflation in the near term. Against this backdrop, investors can seek thematic exposure while building resilience against inflation.
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White papersHow Fixed-Income Investing Is Evolving for European Insurers
Powerful forces are reshaping insurance investment portfolios, ranging from lower forecast public-market returns through regulatory change to technological advances. At AB’s April 2026 Rethinking Insurance Forum, guest panelists Hartej Singh, Head of Public Credit, Pension Insurance Corporation, and Todd Isaac, Chief Investment & Treasury Officer, Hiscox, discussed key developments.
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White papersAs risks rise, short end can offer shelter and yield
As pressure builds on the longer end of the curve, the case for short-duration credit has become increasingly compelling.
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White papersCan the Eurozone Tolerate Higher Rates for Long?
The market is pricing in higher euro rates through 2031. But can the region’s economy take them?
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White papersPutting Direct Lending in Context
Private credit is drawing increased attention, but not all strategies behave the same. Traditional middle market direct lending is best understood by looking beyond headlines to underlying fundamentals—an approach that helps explain its continued role in long‑term portfolios.
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White papersInfrastructure Debt Edge
In this Q&A with AM Best, Orhan Sarayli highlights how infrastructure debt can enhance insurer portfolios through strong risk-return attributes, diversification and long-duration cash flows.
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White papersImplementation Alpha Across the Fixed Income Spectrum
Disciplined implementation can reduce costs drag and capture inefficiencies across the fixed income spectrum from indexing to enhanced and active strategies.
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White papersInflation Squeezes Consumers and Producers Alike
Inflation isn’t just a headline, it’s spreading through the supply chain. Energy costs are lifting producer and import prices, increasing the risk of persistent inflation. Even if energy pressures ease, underlying inflationary momentum is likely to remain.
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White papersEconomic Update June 2026
Global markets are navigating an increasingly uneasy mix of geopolitical risk and shifting macro fundamentals. The escalation in the Middle East has reintroduced a stagflationary impulse via higher energy prices, yet risk appetite has remained resilient. Equities have pushed to new highs even as long‑end bond yields have climbed to multi‑decade levels, reflecting inflation, fiscal and policy uncertainty.
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White papersSupport Levels in Sovereign Debt Markets
Is the rise in major sovereign bond yields a temporary response to geopolitical tensions, or are markets settling into a new regime of higher rates?
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White papersEuro credit: Investment potential amid global uncertainty
Credit markets entered 2026 on a solid footing, but the landscape has since shifted significantly. What began as a year of macro optimism was tested by two successive shocks: AI-driven disruptions to private credit, and latterly, the Middle East conflict which reignited stagflation fears. However, despite this backdrop, the asset class has demonstrated notable resilience.
