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Doctor Doom and the Doom of Tomorrow
17 Sep 2018 TwentyFour Blog

Doctor Doom and the Doom of Tomorrow

In the early 1990s, Marvel comics introduced a world 100 years in the future with new stories for its popular heroes and villains. Doctor Doom's story was called "The Doom of Tomorrow".
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Investors Need a Big Hike From Turkey
12 Sep 2018 TwentyFour Blog

Investors Need a Big Hike From Turkey

This is a crucial week for Turkey’s economy and the Central Bank of Turkey’s credibility.
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Where there’s a will, there’s a way
10 Sep 2018 TwentyFour Blog

Where there’s a will, there’s a way

Since that first encounter the market has remained a core financing option for banks’ consumer and corporate lending books, but there has always been a degree of innovation around the fringes.
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Insurance Hybrids Back in the Spotlight
6 Sep 2018 TwentyFour Blog

Insurance Hybrids Back in the Spotlight

UK specialist insurer Rothesay Life came to the market yesterday, the latest company to issue in the fledgling RT1 sector introduced by the regulator as Solvency II compliant capital.
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Italian Politicians Are Listening to the Market
5 Sep 2018 TwentyFour Blog

Italian Politicians Are Listening to the Market

Last Friday we were surprised that a comment from a G7 finance minister, which should have been taken highly positively, was somewhat skipped over by the markets.
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Italian Politics Delicately Poised
31 Aug 2018 TwentyFour Blog

Italian Politics Delicately Poised

Our attention this morning was grabbed by a headline from Italy’s La Stampa, which reported that Finance Minister Giovanni Tria is preparing a 2019 budget that will result in a 1.5% deficit/GDP ratio for the indebted EU nation.
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Farewell To An Old Friend
24 Aug 2018 TwentyFour Blog

Farewell To An Old Friend

Last year, with credit spreads tightening close to historic levels, it seemed appropriate to us to take a more prudent stance and move to a more balanced portfolio.
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No Smooth Ride For Tesla Bondholders
21 Aug 2018 TwentyFour Blog

No Smooth Ride For Tesla Bondholders

Like many of you we have been following the latest developments in the Tesla story with interest and curiosity, though fortunately not as investors, I hasten to add.
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Opportunity Amid The Outflows
16 Aug 2018 TwentyFour Blog

Opportunity Amid The Outflows

Typically in August, credit liquidity becomes a bit like my lawn this summer: patchy. Over the past few weeks there have been a few stories of large fund groups seeing significant outflows from the asset class, and even of liquidations, which begs the question: what are they selling?
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Is It Time To Buy The Dip?
14 Aug 2018 TwentyFour Blog

Is It Time To Buy The Dip?

We have had a lot of discussion, both internally and externally, over the last few days around when might be the time to begin adding more risk to portfolios again.
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More AT1 Refinancing
7 Aug 2018 TwentyFour Blog

More AT1 Refinancing

Following on from the release of solid Q2 numbers, and no longer in a closed-period, Barclays were quickly out of the blocks and announced the issue of a new AT1 this morning; a $2bn transaction with initial price talk of 8%.
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ABS: 2018 So Far and What To Expect
7 Aug 2018 TwentyFour Blog

ABS: 2018 So Far and What To Expect

Now that the summer lull has finally kicked in, it seems an ideal time to review the ABS market so far this year and try to make a prediction for the remainder of 2018.
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