Corporate fundamentals: Opportunities and challenges within credit dispersion

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Credit fundamentals continued to modestly weaken towards the end of 2023, with both leverage and interest coverage metrics trending towards long-term averages from the lows and highs respectively witnessed a year ago, as shown in Figures 1 and 2 below. Figure 1: Leverage increasing towards long-term averages Source: BofA, as at 31 December 2023. Figure […]

Where are the best opportunities at the short end of the curve?

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Short Term Investments Committee

Sustaining the momentum

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2024 Outlook

Not your average credit cycle

Three things we learned: Issuers are preparing for a new normal. Nothing’s written in stone but higher for longer has already profoundly affected credit market fundamentals. Dispersion could be a central theme of 2024. Short-term money markets have not witnessed significant outflows… yet. Expectations are for asset growth to continue into 2024 but will be driven by institutional […]

Up then (marginally) down again

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Expert insights on the short end of the curve

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The tiger that lost its roar: the mystery of South Korea’s underperforming equities

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High-wire act: Is it possible to quell inflation and to avoid a recession?

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The recession party: should you stay or should you go?

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