Market insights

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Even after the impressive rally of recent months, investors can still secure very attractive yields with high-yield bonds. Positive corporate results, solid fundamentals and low default rates give us grounds for optimism for the remainder of the year.

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The outlook for corporate bonds for the rest of the year is better than it has been for a long time. This applies to all three sub-categories: Investment Grade, High Yield and Emerging Markets.

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There is much in favour of high yield bonds in 2024: solid fundamentals and a positive market environment suggest interesting investment opportunities, while relatively high yields to maturity as well as credit spreads bode well for attractive total returns.

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Our CIO and our portfolio management teams present their macro environment and asset class outlooks for 2024.

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Emerging market corporate bonds in hard currency and investment grade quality currently offer an attractive yield premium over developed markets while having the same duration. This should lead to investor interest picking up again.