Fixed Income

Investment analysis for yield and duration-focused investors

How Equity Income Can Cushion Inflation and Create Durable Returns
  • 17 hours ago

Fears of an inflation spike bolster the case for adding equity income exposure to allocations. Conflict in the Middle East has raised the specter of inflation again. As the energy price shock thre...

Multi-Sector Credit Asset Allocation Perspectives: Defensive carry amid asymmetric risks
  • 17 hours ago

As conflict in the Middle East has repriced markets, we look at the sectors and themes that are driving our asset allocation and security selection.

Market Flash: This truce is as fragile as crystal glass
  • 17 hours ago

•    De-escalation in the Middle East led to a fall in government bond yields and a rebound in risk assets. Monetary policy expectations were also revised lower. •    The IEA’s chairman said oil su...

Public insights on private credit: Only one of private credit’s “four horsemen” is real
  • 17 hours ago

Benefit Street Partners believes private credit has faced scrutiny recently and there are four horsemen of the apocalypse charging toward private credit investors, but three are phantoms. One, howe...

Equity Outlook: Middle East War, Energy Shock Test Fragile Markets
  • 09 Apr 2026

Markets are pricing in a wider range of scenarios as geopolitics and AI reshape the landscape. Global equities declined during a volatile first quarter as the war in Iran roiled energy markets and...

Bond Voyage: Oil shocks without the drama
  • 09 Apr 2026

The reaction to the latest oil price shock provides further evidence that those countries which have taken steps to strengthen their financial position are being rewarded by bond investors.

EUROPEAN BANK SUBORDINATED DEBT – THE RISK IS VOLATILITY, NOT FUNDAMENTALS
  • 09 Apr 2026

Middle East tensions, high-profile defaults in private credit, and broader macro uncertainty have fuelled investor concerns around the potential impact on the European banking sector.

The evolution of private credit
  • 09 Apr 2026

Franklin Templeton Institute examines the evolution of private credit, its risk/return characteristics, and why commercial real estate debt represents a viable alternative to traditional fixed inco...

Inflation and higher rates: What they mean for infrastructure
  • 09 Apr 2026

ClearBridge Investments: Energy-driven inflation and geopolitical risk increase the likelihood of higher-for-longer interest rates, which listed infrastructure has several mechanisms for passing th...