RBC BlueBay Insights

Chief Investment Officer, Mark Dowding, speaks about recent market volatility and what he is focusing on now, as an investor. We asked Mark: What are your overall thoughts about market events in the last three weeks? With market dislocation comes opportunities – are you seeing any green shoots? What is most important to you for the next few days?

Ken Yoshida joins us on the BlueBay Insights podcast to discuss market volatility and liquidity.  We asked Ken:  How is the Japan office coping with new working patterns? How are Japanese clients responding to the current market volatility?

Chief Operating Officer, Luc Leclercq joins us on the BlueBay Insights podcast to speak about his main areas of focus during these unprecedented times.  What are your main areas of focus? How will the impact of the last few weeks change our industry going forward?

David Riley joins us on the BlueBay Insights podcast to discuss the latest economic data and highlights key takeaways from his research on investment grade credit published earlier this week.  We asked David:  What are the early signs on the economic data on the depth of the global recession? When will economies get back to work?  You have just published some research on investment grade credit. W...

Polina Kurdyavko, Head of Emerging Markets, speaks with Claudio Da Gama Rose, Institutional Portfolio Manager on the BlueBay Insights podcast to answer questions on responses of governments and corporates to the current situation.  We asked Polina:  How you think EM governments will manage the fallout from the crisis – do you think sovereign issuers have enough buffers to manage upcoming maturitie...

Marc Kemp joins us on the BlueBay Insights podcast to discuss leveraged loan market performance, price action and fundamentals.  We asked Marc: We’ve heard a lot about precipitous falls in high yield bonds and a commensurate spread widening over the past couple of weeks – how have leveraged loans fared? The magnitude of moves is really very large and essentially on par with what we have seen in hi...

David Riley joins us on the BlueBay Insights podcast to share his thoughts on the latest actions from policymakers. We asked David: Have policymakers done enough to support the economy and financial markets? Are we over the worst of the sell off? In the short term - what indicators do you look to for insights?

Marc Kemp joins us on the BlueBay Insights podcast to discuss fundamentals, defaults and fallen angels in global high yield markets. The views expressed in this piece are not intended to be a source of advice or credit analysis and the information does not constitute investment advice. We asked Marc: Things are clearly changing rapidly – how do you assess fundamentals for the companies that you fo...

Graham Stock joins us on BlueBay insights to discuss the latest economic data from China.

Marc Kemp joins us on the BlueBay Insights podcast to discuss the most recent movements in global high yield, how the market is differentiating despite the chaos and how we’re not reliving 2007. We asked Marc: We’re clearly in unprecedented times, can you help us frame the magnitude of the moves that we have seen in global high yield markets over recent weeks? Have you witnessed an element of diff...

David Riley joins us on the BlueBay Insights podcast to discuss latest market developments and outlines a path to stability. We asked David: Where do you think we stand now in terms of the spread of the virus and the economic and financial consequences? Is this the beginning of the end of this crisis?  When will we see economic and market recovery? Why are some commentators now suggesting that we...

David Riley, Chief Investment Strategist, joins us on the BlueBay Insights podcast to discuss the volatility in financial markets, likelihood of recession and buying opportunities for investors. David answers: We have seen huge volatility in financial markets in the last few weeks as the coronavirus has spread with big corrections in equity markets, widening in credit spreads and government bond y...

Marc Stacey joins us on the BlueBay Insights podcast to discuss the fundamentals, supply dynamics and banking sector changes that are lining up to form a compelling case for European bank capital. We asked Marc: What are coco bonds and what can they offer investors? The evolution of banking regulation has a huge influence on the investment case for cocos – do you think future changes will be posit...

My-Linh, Head of ESG Investment Risk, joins us on the BlueBay Insights podcast to discuss climate change, rising client interest and industry action points for smart and sustainable ESG investing. My-Linh answers Are you seeing elevated interest from BlueBay investors regarding climate change and ESG as a whole?  What can the asset management industry do to make a positive impact over the next dec...

 Global growth is at point of positive inflection.  The dovish pivot by global central banks and policy easing by Beijing; the de-escalation of the US-China trade war and reduced Brexit uncertainty; and end of the inventory correction in manufacturing will support a pick-up in global growth relative to the US in 2020. Risk premiums in lower rated credit and growth-sensitive assets, including emerg...