Market insights

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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.

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Investment-grade corporate bonds are a pillar of strength in uncertain economic times. Not only the very attractive yields speak in their favour - including those of USD bonds hedged into CHF or EUR.