Meet Gordon

Gordon Shannon

Partner, Co-Head of Investment Grade

19 years investment experience

London

TwentyFour Asset Management LLP

20 Fenchurch Street 4th floor

EC3M 3BY London

United Kingdom

Gordon is a partner at TwentyFour and Co-Head of Investment Grade.

Gordon is a member of the Investment Grade portfolio management team, and sits on the Asset Allocation Committee and the ESG Committee.

Prior to joining TwentyFour, Gordon spent eight years on the credit desk at Ignis Asset Management.

Gordon is a CFA® Charterholder and holds a degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

Insights

US labour market data busts benign macro narrative

4 Aug 2025 TwentyFour Blog

US labour market data busts benign macro narrative

In describing how markets have been pricing risk in recent months, the word “complacent” has been uttered on multiple occasions. If that was your view, then Friday’s sharp risk-off move could be seen as a wake-up call, or at least evidence that investors are keenly watching for any change in the more benign macro story that has dominated recently.

Stubborn inflation, cheaper gilts

26 May 2023 TwentyFour Blog

Stubborn inflation, cheaper gilts

Following higher than expected inflation data in the UK, Gordon Shannon looks at the knock on effects within the Gilt market and the increased pressure on the Bank of England.

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26 Sep 2022 TwentyFour Blog

UK learns confidence needs communication

With the UK’s mini-Budget sending its currency and bonds into freefall, Gordon Shannon says both the government and the Bank of England need to learn the importance of communication with the markets.

Wave of inflation means companies will sink or swim on pricing power

17 Mar 2022 TwentyFour Blog

Wave of inflation means companies will sink or swim on pricing power

Soaring inflation was already a dominant theme for markets coming into 2022. The sanctions imposed on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine have only exacerbated its expected rise, and pushed its expected peak further out.

16 Jul 2021 TwentyFour Blog

Curb Your QE

Whether the Bank of England halts all purchases in August or merely begins to slow the pace of purchasing later in Q4 this year, by 2022, less technical support will exist for gilts.

29 Jun 2021 TwentyFour Blog

Should We Fear the Repo Men?

Given the magnitude of the amounts involved we do think there is potential for some temporary volatility in the US Treasury market as the volumes change. We will be keeping a keen eye on both in the months ahead.