Resilient Income

How to play for yield without playing the yield curve

01/10/2026

Pressure coming from both directions

Investors are caught between the inflation-led erosion of cash, and the mechanical losses bonds suffer when interest rates go up. Against this market backdrop, how can they generate resilient income?

The income challenge: inflation

Technological and geopolitical shifts in the global economy are putting upward pressure on prices. Investors face an increasingly challenging backdrop in which to pursue real (inflation-adjusted) returns.

The income challenge: interest rates

Traditional fixed income suffers mechanical losses when interest rates go up. Investors holding long-term bonds are most exposed to the impact of rising interest rates.

Our approach: pure yield

Short duration fixed income asset classes can offer low interest rate sensitivity and high visibility on credit risk, giving investors a path to yield that doesn’t require travelling up the yield curve. These include:

Floating rate notes
Multi sector credit
Emerging market corporates
Trade finance

LEARN THE PURE YIELD APPROACH

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