All Fixed Income articles – Page 8
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White papersEmerging Market Bonds: Moving in the Right Direction
A weaker dollar and FED easing cycle are fueling strong performance and renewed inflows into emerging market fixed income. Solid fiscal reforms and improving credit metrics further enhance the appeal, especially in key markets within a heterogeneous universe.
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White papersECB strategy review: The investment implications
A cursory glance at the European Central Bank’s (ECB) 2025 monetary policy strategy assessment shows no major changes to its last review four years earlier – something which should, in the main, comfort investors. However, a deeper dive into the document and the surrounding macroeconomic backdrop reveals it to be - in our view at least - an ECB strategy policy overhaul, rather than a technical fine-tuning exercise.
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White papersPrivate credit’s next phase: finding opportunity in a maturing market
The private credit market has experienced remarkable growth in recent years, with significant increases in capital inflows from both institutional and retail channels. Its success and expansion has naturally attracted scrutiny, with some observers questioning the sustainability of the asset class. This paper offers an alternative perspective: the current state of private credit represents a natural progression of a maturing asset class.
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White papersCharting new currents: Top 10 with… Interview with Joe Sciortino on private credit
Amid tighter regulation, macroeconomic uncertainty, and changing bank appetites, investors are increasingly looking to private credit for stability and opportunity.
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White papersInflation or employment? The Fed makes its choice
The scales have tipped in the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) long-running balancing act between taming inflation and promoting full employment. With September’s quarter-point interest rate cut, the first such move in nine months, Fed officials appear to have made the labour market a key concern.
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White papersMuni market: embracing challenge to create opportunity
The municipal bond market is approaching a compelling inflection point. While headlines focus on yield curves and historical comparisons, a deeper narrative is emerging — one of resilience, strategic opportunity and potential reward for forward-thinking investors.
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White papersMacro brief: What to expect next from the European Central Bank
Greater-than-expected economic resilience in Europe has led our Capital Strategy Research (CSR) team to revise expectations around the European Central Bank (ECB) in the short term.
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White papersFed delivers a cut, signals more as growth momentum fades
The Federal Reserve’s recent rate cut and updated projections signal a more accommodative monetary policy ahead, with policymakers now expecting twice as many rate cuts this year as previously anticipated. This shifting environment creates new investment opportunities across multiple asset classes, including shorter-duration fixed income, real estate, equities, and municipal bonds that investors should consider as the Fed continues its easing cycle.
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White papersMIM Q3 2025 Private Credit Quarterly Review and Outlook
MetLife Investment Management originated approximately $11.5B across private credit markets in Q3 2025, driven by strong investor demand and disciplined execution across corporate private placements, infrastructure debt and asset-based finance. Activity remained diversified across sectors, supported by attractive spreads, stable credit fundamentals and an improving interest rate outlook. ...
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White papersThe factors driving Eurozone investment potential to the next level
The world is changing, and investors need to have a clear view of how, and what that means for Europe.
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White papersBack to school: from summer clarity to autumn’s changing winds
With higher-than-anticipated tariff rates across the board — averaging roughly 18% (about 3 percentage points above our prior baseline), with several exemptions — we expect a slightly stronger stagflationary tilt to near-term macro projections.
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White papersCross Asset Investment Strategy - September 2025
Topic of the month - Back to school: from summer clarity to autumn’s changing winds
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White papersECB treads cautiously
The ECB kept policy rates unchanged at its September meeting, emphasising a data-dependent approach before deciding on further rate cuts.
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White papersEM debt: Cautious confidence in a shifting landscape
As we enter the final quarter of 2025, emerging market (EM) debt continues to demonstrate resilience against a complex global backdrop.
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White papersGuess who is beating the Magnificent 7?
If you were hunting for a group of stocks to dethrone the Magnificent Seven (“Mag Seven”), there is a good chance European banks were not at the top of your list. But looking at returns over the past 12 months and on a year-to-date basis, that is exactly what has happened.
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White papersSeptember ECB meeting: The end of the easing cycle… maybe?
The ECB kept rates unchanged in September, hinting the easing cycle may be ending as inflation slows and growth stabilizes, though risks from U.S. trade tensions and fiscal pressures linger.
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White papersUK long-dated yields at 25-year highs
Yields on long-term government bonds in developed markets have been rising this year. In the UK, 30-year gilt yields reached their highest level since 1998, driven by inflation worries and concerns over government debt — though the UK’s debt-to-GDP ratio remains below that of some large European countries. Structural changes, such as fewer pension scheme buyers, add further complexity.
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White papersImproving Fixed Income Portfolio Resilience with Leveraged Loans
We discuss key considerations for investors allocating to leveraged loans, and explain how loans may serve as powerful diversifiers to most other fixed income sectors. Included are assessments of recent performance and current loan fundamentals, as well as strategic asset allocation considerations.
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White papersUS electric utilities: Stability amid uncertainty
Amid the ongoing uncertainty of tariffs and geopolitics, one area of the corporate bond market that stands out as providing a stable and reliable source of income is the US electric utility sector.
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VideoGemcast Episode 4: The 5 Golden Rules of Emerging Markets Private Credit
In episode 4 of Gemcast we are joined by Co-Founder and CIO of Gemcorp Capital, Parvoleta Shtereva. As a self-identified emerging markets lifer, Parvoleta reflects on her career and what really matters when thinking about emerging markets private credit, providing her 5 golden rules for investing in the asset class.
