Euro high yield default rates forecast – mostly benign with an undercurrent

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However, we still expect default rates to move higher as the 2025/26 maturity wall draws closer.

Under pressure – European real estate credit

Colourful Building fronts

Europe’s real estate sector has been under pressure since mid-2021. What’s behind its struggles and where can we find attractive credit opportunities?

Credit Suisse and the likely impact on banking regulations

We will be scrutinising management teams more on the relationship between governance and liquidity – and believe the cost of funding is now higher across the sector

Turkey’s test – voting for an inflection point?

Istanbul skyline

As the election looms, we ask if investors are overlooking Turkey’s potential as an investment destination.

UK banks, base rate, bad debts and borrowing … what does it all mean?

UK banks

After a sustained period of quantitative easing, and with more deposits than loans, UK high street banks have huge liquidity

Emerging market opportunities when trying to bridge the Gulf

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The Middle East is too big a part of the emerging market bond investment universe to disregard

Fiscal Deterioration in Brazil and Colombia, Stability in Peru

Tensions between fiscal and monetary policy? Read the key takeaways from our recent trip to Latin America.

High yield default expectations in Europe buck the trend

Industrial Chimneys

Improving conditions across multiple themes are combining to boost optimism, from refinancing levels and gas prices to China reopening

What happens next for banks?

Our Global CIO and equity analysts look at the changes that may be coming for banks in the wake of recent events involving Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse.

Credit Suisse : Crisis throws up more questions than answers

Assessing UBS’s takeover of Credit Suisse and with wider ramifications for credit markets in the future.