Investment analysis for yield and duration-focused investors
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...
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...
GHY shrugged off market shocks, supported by solid company fundamentals and investor demand; attractive yields remain, but upside is limited by tight spreads.
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.
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...
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...
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...
Systematic bond investing needs specialist skills and resources. Has your manager got what it takes? Investors are warming to systematic processes in bond markets. In this new approach, a dynamic m...
Positive correlation between risk assets and government bonds breaks the roles these asset classes play within a portfolio. Here, we outline why correlations have risen, and how investors can seek...
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