In December 2012, the then Governor of the Bank of Canada, Mark Carney, gave a speech entitled “Guidance” to the CFA Society of Toronto. Less than two weeks earlier, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, had announced that Carney would be the 120th Governor of the Bank of England (BoE). As this was Carney’s first public engagement since the announcement, traders and market economi…
Read the articleBen Lord, corporate bond fund manager and inflation specialist, joined me in the studio this morning, after a week in which we saw both the UK and US CPI prints surprise to the upside. With some central banks ramping up their hawkish rhetoric in recent weeks, what likelihood of rate hikes are markets now pricing in, and what impact is this having on bond markets? Watch BVTV for Ben’s latest thi…
Watch the videoI’m just back from a fascinating research trip to Mexico City, to meet with policymakers, bankers, politicians, analysts, pension funds and regulators. Like many emerging market economies, the Mexican economy has suffered over the past couple of years due to lower commodity prices and weak global demand for goods. Of course, Mexico has had its own unique challenge with Donald Trump’s election…
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First of all, our thoughts are with those impacted by Hurricane Irma and other recent weather-related disasters.
Beyond the human tragedy and economic costs, these are typically low-probability, but potentially high-impact, events that can ultimately impact an issuer’s ability to service its debt obligations. As bond investors, we aim to assess the various risk factors related to the companies …
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UK CPI is now within a hair’s breadth of requiring a letter to the Chancellor. RPI increased to 3.9% from 3.6%, which was also above expectations. The increased fuel prices were expected this month, but August is also a high inflation month given transport price hikes that take place as people head away for their holidays, and as clothing and footwear prices are hiked with the new season’s coll…
Read the articleDr. Wolfgang Bauer, M&G fund manager, helps manage corporate bond and absolute return portfolios. This week on BVTV I ask him:
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Watch the videoThe Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 formally freed 800,000 Africans who were then the legal property of Britain’s slave owners. What is less well known is that the same act contained a provision for the financial compensation of the owners of those slaves, by the British taxpayer, for the loss of their “property”. The compensation commission was the government body established to evaluate the cla…
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Another month has drawn to an end, which presents a good opportunity to take stock and review recent events and Bloomberg’s surprise monitors – true to their name – have provided some unexpected results in August.
Read the articleThe start of September marks the end of summer and the return of most investors to their desks. What were the summer’s most noteworthy events, and did markets react as expected? Tune in as I discuss this, plus some of the big challenges facing markets in the coming months, as volatility likely begins to return after the summer lull.
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Guest contributor – Chris Mansfield (Investment Graduate, M&G)
The sustained demand for high yield bonds and European leveraged loans over the past few years, combined with improving corporate fundamentals, has led to strong performance from both asset classes. The large amount of capital available for issuers of higher yielding assets has placed the bargaining power squarely in the hands of th…
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