Views from the credit desk

Bulls vs bears

Bullish and Bearish Cases

Looking below the surface

Thames path in Chelsea

360°, Q2 2021

Infinity and beyond banks

A sculpture depicting an ancient animal

The never-ending battle between old money and big tech

The future of the office

Hands placed on a keyboard

An ESG issue too

Doomsday at the bank

A sculpture depicting an ancient animal

A spoonful of measures helps the resolution go down

Zen and the art of investment management

Rock placed on a sand

Alone in a car with my Zen teacher several years ago, I asked him if there might be a way to be a mindful investor. He said nothing at first, and then said nothing for a painfully long time. Finally he said, “Invest in the Dharma. It will give you the best return.” As a […]

A changing climate in fixed income

View of the mountains and ice ranges

360°, Q1 2021

The latest evolution of distress language in CLO documentation

City of London at Night

The next generation: balancing conservatism versus flexibility in the world of CLOs Financial markets have an uncanny ability to innovate and reinvent themselves. Despite an absence of meaningful losses and defaults, such innovation was evident in the European CLO market after the financial crisis. The focus here lay on structures and documentation, which translated into […]

Global Emerging Markets

The overpass at nanchang city in China

Country allocation review 2021

Hidden factors

Lake in the mountains at sunset

Exploring equity market behaviour in 2020