Insights

October 2024

Arabella Duckworth

Senior Credit Analyst

Eyob Abay

Associate Analyst

No Autumn chills for Global Investment Grade Corporate fundamentals

IG valuations remain tight, and the market remains focused on whether this is justified by fundamentals. Our bottom-up company analysis shows profitability remains strong and leverage modest.
October 2024

Arabella Duckworth

Senior Credit Analyst

Eyob Abay

Associate Analyst

No Autumn chills for Global Investment Grade Corporate fundamentals

IG valuations remain tight, and the market remains focused on whether this is justified by fundamentals. Our bottom-up company analysis shows profitability remains strong and leverage modest.

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21 October 2024

Arabella Duckworth

Senior Credit Analyst

Eyob Abay

Associate Analyst

No Autumn chills for Global Investment Grade Corporate fundamentals

IG valuations remain tight, and the market remains focused on whether this is justified by fundamentals. Our bottom-up company analysis shows profitability remains strong and leverage modest.
21 October 2024

Steven Bell

Chief Economist, EMEA

Will there be any good news in the Budget?

Taxes set to rise but the economy is improving.
21 October 2024

Steven Bell

Chief Economist, EMEA

Taxes and the UK Budget

In the run up to the much-anticipated Budget we take a closer look at the UK’s finances and explore the Chancellor’s options.
17 October 2024

Sharon Vieten

Senior analyst, Fixed Income

European utilities: prepared for the spending storm

Despite huge growth in demand, costs squeezes and supply constraints around raw materials and capacity are limiting expected returns in renewables development.
17 October 2024

Natalia Luna

Senior Thematic Investment Analyst, Global Research

Power hungry AI - investment implications in the era of energy transition

Understanding the options for power provision and assessing the investment opportunities resulting from AI’s thirst for energy.
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16 October 2024

Fixed Income Desk

In Credit - Weekly Snapshot

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – October 2024

Our fixed income team provide their weekly snapshot of market events.
14 October 2024

Steven Bell

Chief Economist, EMEA

UK interest rates: Bad news from the US, good news from Europe, what will the Budget bring?

Why we expect the pace of rate cuts to slow.
9 October 2024

Neil Robson

Head of Global Equities

Five quality growth stocks with potential in all weathers

From US railroads to e-commerce platforms. We highlight five diverse businesses with one thing in common - strong competitive advantages.
8 October 2024

The climate risk ‘hot potato’– which sector will be left with burnt fingers?

A secure and consistent supply of critical minerals is fundamental to the energy transition and to achieving net-zero, but demand is putting pressure on supply chains and costs, and risks polarising sentiment around the energy transition.

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