Fixed Income

Investment analysis for yield and duration-focused investors

Emerging market debt is making a comeback
  • 06 Aug 2026

Emerging market debt seems to be enjoying a revival. Our CIO Emerging Market Debt discusses the renewed interest in this asset class, his team’s expectations for 2026, and where he sees opportuniti...

Guide to Alternatives
  • 06 Aug 2026

Get insights on macro topics such as manager dispersion, while also diving into real estate, private credit, private equity and hedge funds and more.

New Zealand Fixed Income Monthly (July 2026)
  • 06 Aug 2026

The RBNZ’s first rate hike since Maly 2023 represents the central bank’s first step in returning towards a neutral cash rate. However, we feel the point at which interest rates could be deemed neit...

Global High Yield Update—Q2 2026
  • 06 Aug 2026

GHY shrugged off market shocks, supported by solid company fundamentals and investor demand; attractive yields remain, but upside is limited by tight spreads.

From AI productivity to disinflation: A non sequitur?
  • 06 Aug 2026

We explore how AI-driven productivity gains could influence inflation and interest rates—and why the path from innovation to disinflation is far from straightforward.

Bonds are Back: The Real Yield Reset
  • 06 Aug 2026

Rising US Treasury yields are being driven by higher real yields, not inflation fears, according to Brandywine Global, Head of Macro Strategy, Paul Mielczarski. Stronger-than-expected growth, resil...

Bond Bulletin: Yen and the art of intervention
  • 06 Aug 2026

This week’s Bond Bulletin examines the first US–Japan coordinated intervention to strengthen the yen since 1998 and explains why the US and Japanese authorities chose to act now. It also assesses w...

The spread curve is back
  • 06 Aug 2026

After years of unusually flat credit spread curves, the market is beginning to differentiate more clearly between short- and longer-dated risk. As issuance, rate uncertainty and technical factors r...

Finding Relative Value in Today’s Credit Markets
  • 06 Aug 2026

As markets evolve and new issuance reshapes the credit landscape, investors have an expanding opportunity set across global fixed income. PIMCO Portfolio Manager Sonali Pier explains why active cre...