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Liquid Fixed Income MarketsLet’s Talk Investments
Adrian Hull – Head of Fixed Income, Kames Capital
26 November 2019
Background
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more negative yielding bonds…
Source: Bloomberg, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research
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Share of global bonds with negative yields, by country
…everywhere yields have collapsed: Irish Gilt 2045
Source: Bloomberg as at 30 September 2019
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0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
Jan 15 Jul 15 Jan 16 Jul 16 Jan 17 Jul 17 Jan 18 Jul 18 Jan 19 Jul 19
Price
Irish Bond 2% 2045
Lower yields = longer duration
Source: Bloomberg as at 31 October 2019. Barclays Global Aggregate Index, daily data points.
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4.5
5.5
6.5
7.5
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
Jan 01 Jan 03 Jan 05 Jan 07 Jan 09 Jan 11 Jan 13 Jan 15 Jan 17 Jan 19
Ye
ars
%
Yield to Worst (lhs) Option Adjusted Duration (rhs)
Active management
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Opportunity for active duration management
As at 30 September 2019
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-4
-2
0
2
4
6
8
Oct 08 Oct 09 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18
Ye
ars
Duration by currency bloc excluding high yield
AUD CAD EURO GBP MXN NZD SEK CHF USD YEN Grand Total
Opportunity for duration selection
Source: Bloomberg as at 30 September 2019
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-1.5
-1.0
-0.5
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
Dec 15 Sep 16 Jun 17 Mar 18 Dec 18 Sep 19
Active duration relative to benchmark
June 2019
+
June 2016
+ Sept 2019
-
Nov 2018
-
Opportunity for credit selection
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As at 30 September 2019 As at 31 August 2019
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
Dec 10 Dec 12 Dec 14 Dec 16 Dec 18
%
Hun
dre
ds
Financials vs Corporates
Financials Corporates
0%
20%
40%
60%
Aug 16 Feb 17 Aug 17 Feb 18 Aug 18 Feb 19 Aug 19
Investment Grade High Yield
Investment Grade vs High Yield allocation
Valuations
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Valuations: Investment grade spreads
Source: Barclays Live as at 31 October 2019
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70
90
110
130
150
170
190
210
230
Jan 14 Jan 15 Jan 16 Jan 17 Jan 18 Jan 19
Sp
rea
d (
bp
s)
USD EUR GBP
Valuations: High yield spreads
Source: Bloomberg as at 30 September 2019
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200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
Sep 14 Mar 15 Sep 15 Mar 16 Sep 16 Mar 17 Sep 17 Mar 18 Sep 18 Mar 19 Sep 19
Sp
rea
d (
bp
s)
ICE BofAML US High Yield index ICE BofAML EURO High Yield index
Short dated fixed income
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Investment Grade asset class track record
Source: Bloomberg, BofAML. From January 1997 to September 2019 (271 rolling quarterly observations).
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14
7883
58
35
0
20
40
60
80
100
<-5% -5 to -2.5% -2.5% to 0% 0% to 2.5% 2.5% to 5% >5%
# O
bse
rva
tio
ns
Rolling quarterly returns of BofAML Global Large Cap (all) Corporate Index (1997-2019 Q3)
0%-5% 5%
Short dated IG asset class track record
Source: Bloomberg, BofAML. From January 1997 to September 2019 (271 rolling quarterly observations).
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0 3
27
212
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20
50
100
150
200
250
<-5% -5 to -2.5% -2.5% to 0% 0% to 2.5% 2.5% to 5% >5%
# O
bse
rva
tio
ns
Rolling quarterly returns of BofAML 1-5 year Global Large Cap Corporate Index (1997-2019 Q3)
0%-5% 5%
4 5
45
172
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0
50
100
150
200
<-10% -10% to -5% -5% to 0% 0% to 5% 5% to 10% >10%
# O
bse
rva
tio
ns
Rolling quarterly returns of BofAML 1-5 year index (1Q97 – 4Q18)
Short dated HY asset class track record
Source: Bloomberg, BofAML as at December 2018 (260 rolling quarterly observations).
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0%-10% 10%
Short-dated not short-duration credit…
Source: Bloomberg. Note: Price is rebased to 100
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70
75
80
85
90
95
100
105
110
Aug 2018 Nov 2018 Feb 2019 May 2019
Price
Greater resilience to negative events
General Electric 6.25% Sep 2020 General Electric 5.75% Dec 2028
…is more resilient to negative events
Source: Bloomberg as at 25 September 2019
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50
60
70
80
90
100
110
Jun 17 Sep 17 Dec 17 Mar 18 Jun 18 Sep 18 Dec 18 Mar 19 Jun 19 Sep 19
Price
Commscope: Short vs medium maturities
Commscope 5% 2021 Commscope 5% 2027
Active selection
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Top issuers in high yield…
Source: BofAML Global High Yield index as at 30 September 2019
Global high yield bond market top 20 issuers – what we own
Petrobras Netflix
Telecom Italia Intelstat
Sprint China Evergrande
Charter Communications T-Mobile
Bausch Health Community Health Systems
Teva Pharmaceuticals CenturyLink
Softbank Group Altice France
Cablevision Dish
Tenet Healthcare Virgin Media
HCA TransDigm Group
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…and average credit quality is declining in IG
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Source: iBoxx as at 31 March 2019
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
55%
Jan 04 Nov 06 Sep 09 Jul 12 May 15 Mar 18
£
$
€
40%
45%
50%
55%
60%
65%
70%
75%
Jan 04 Nov 06 Sep 09 Jul 12 May 15 Mar 18
£
$
€
Share of BBB rated bonds in major
investment grade indices
Share of non-financial company debt in
major investment grade indices
…IG indices take what they’re given
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Source: Kames Capital, Bloomberg, BoA Merrill Lynch
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
90,000
100,000
2Q96 4Q96 2Q97 4Q97 2Q98 4Q98 2Q99 4Q99 2Q00 4Q00%
of U
S$
HY
ma
rke
t
US
$m
Telecommunications boom (1996-2000)
USD Telecommunications bonds outstanding (lhs)
USD Telecommunications index weighting (rhs)
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
18%
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
4Q05 4Q06 4Q07 4Q08 4Q09 4Q10 4Q11 4Q12 4Q13 4Q14 4Q15
% o
f U
S$
HY
ma
rke
t
US
$m
Shale energy boom (2006-2016)
USD Energy bonds outstanding (lhs)
USD Energy index weighting (rhs)
Kames
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
Funds must have high-conviction stock selection
Source: Morningstar Direct as at 31 December 2018. Note: short, long dated bonds and index tracker funds not included, number of holdings is defined as number of holdings (long). Sector: Lipper Global Bond Global Corporate. *Source: As at 30
September 2019. Rolling 12 month turnover = (Purchases+Sales) - (Subscriptions+Redemptions) / NAV.
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Number of holdings
Kames Investment Grade Global Bond Fund* 139
Barclays Global Aggregate Corporate Index 12,483
Sector median 241
Highest number of holdings in sector 881
Lowest number of holdings in sector 42
Turnover* 109%
Median
Global bonds and liquidity
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Maximising the opportunity set with a global approach…
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Source: BofAML indices as at 31 December 2018
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High Yield
…to find the liquidity that exists
Source: Bloomberg as at 30 September 2019
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