Meet the Manager: Henry Biddle

What’s your role at Federated Hermes? I’m a portfolio manager on the US Equity Strategy and on the Sustainable Global Equity Strategy. How did you get started in your career? I started off straight out of university, training as an accountant with Deloitte. I did that for four years, as I wanted a broad base […]
SDG Engagement High Yield Credit: 2023 Annual Report

Four full years of engaging
Servicing debt from the top of the cash waterfall

Trade finance case study
Direct lending: the power of strategic alliances

Fast reading Our origination approach is built around a series of bank partnerships that afford us access to some of the most attractive deals in our preferred segment. These co-lending agreements sustain a robust pipeline of high-quality loans, which allows us to take a highly selective approach to the borrowers we choose to lend to, […]
SDG Engagement Equity: 2023 Annual Report

A focus on decent work
Markets soar on summer rate cut hopes

market snapshot
Politics and the investor

Whichever way you cut it, 2024 will be a testing year for some of the world’s biggest democracies. Seven of the world’s ten most populous nations will go to the polls, accounting for a third of global GDP and a quarter of its population (see charts and table below). In May, India’s billion-strong electorate will […]
Your Questions Answered: Unconstrained Credit

What is the argument for using a flexible credit solution at a time when government bonds and higher credits are attractive? There’s a couple of ways to answer that. The first is that I believe it’s just a better reflection of the marketplace that you’re investing in. If you think about it from the point […]
Argentina: A new dawn?

market snapshot
Six reasons to consider an unconstrained approach to credit

Reason 1: Investors with the ability to manage duration can accommodate even a higher-for-longer scenario Consensus expectations see developed market CPIs coming close to target in 2024 as tight monetary policy constrains activity, unemployment slowly picks up and labour market pressures cool. Developed-market central banks have indicated they see themselves at the peak of the […]