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Ana Gil
Years in the bond markets: 12
Specialist subjects: Economics and inflation
Likes: Tennis, travel, tidiness, sushi
Heroes: Amelia Earhart, Steve Jobs, Rafa Nadal
Years in the bond markets: 12
Specialist subjects: Economics and inflation
Likes: Tennis, travel, tidiness, sushi
Heroes: Amelia Earhart, Steve Jobs, Rafa Nadal
Spanish government bonds have outperformed their European peers so far this year. How has the country changed from being near a European Union bail-out only a few years ago to its present, more solid state? Watch M&G Investment Director Ana Gil explain it.
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Last Saturday marked exactly 10 years since Lehman Brothers went bust. Are we still suffering the consequences of the Global Financial Crisis that followed? Had the crisis not occurred, would we have today’s political uncertainty? Watch M&G fund manager Wolfgang Bauer and Investment Director Ana Gil discuss how the clash between growth and political risk are driving markets today, and what oppo…
Watch the videoAfter a couple of months in which central bank policy moves rather than politics have dominated, investors’ attention has recently been pulled back to the political arena. Fund manager Wolfgang Bauer joined me this morning to discuss what Austria’s presidential election result, and Catalonia’s unfolding bid for independence from Spain, mean for government bond and credit markets.
Also –would a …
Watch the videoThis week on BVTV Fund Manager Matt Russell joins in to discuss:
1) Why an interest rate shock could cause carnage in bond markets
2) The duration impact on a credit portfolio
3) Best strategies to hedge against interest rate risk going forward
Tune in for the charts and articles that are making headlines in bond markets.
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Join us on BVTV, where this week we discuss:
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Watch the videoThe Eurovision song contest may be over for another year, but Europe’s capacity to surprise could well continue. Tune in to the latest edition of BVTV, where Anjulie Rusius joined me to discuss:
In this week’s edition:
Tune in for the charts and articles that are making headlines in bond markets
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In this week’s edition:
Tune in for the charts and articles that are making headlines in bond markets.
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In 2013 I blogged about how financing conditions had tightened aggressively for small and medium sized corporates (SMEs) in peripheral Europe. Three years later, we’ve seen the introduction of targeted longer-term refinancing operations, QE, negative deposit rates and other efforts towards creating a financially united, cohesive, European banking union. Now feels like a good time to revisit thi…
Read the articleWe recently blogged about the marked effect the collapse in commodity prices, particularly oil and energy, have had on global inflation rates across the world. Headline inflation rates in major western economies have been in, or have flirted with, deflation throughout the year in spite of ongoing economic growth and a steady recovery in labour markets.
An interesting issue is whether this, seem…
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