Fixed Income and Currency Strategist

Gautam Jain, PhD, CFA

Gautam Jain has over 25 years of experience covering global emerging fixed income and currency markets, both as a strategist and a portfolio manager. He has worked in buy-side and sell-side firms, including The Rohatyn Group (TRG Management), Barclays Capital, and Millennium Partners. He has helped manage emerging markets local-currency and hard-currency debt funds. The assets that he covers include currencies, interest rates, sovereign credits, and related derivatives. He specializes in portfolio construction, smart-beta index creation, and asset allocation. Mr. Jain holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Columbia University and is a CFA charter holder.

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FX & Rates

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<li>Rates volatility remains high with the latest boost coming from the rising probability of a global recession as possible outcomes of the ongoing Fed tightening and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.</li>
<li>After inverting briefly, the US 2s10s slope has started steepening, which should continue despite recessionary risks as the Fed's balance sheet reduction should weigh heavily in the long end.</li>
<li>With the US 5s10s switching to steepening from flattening, the case for similar steepening is strong in a few emerging countries that are ahead in terms of monetary tightening.</li>
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Rates volatility remains high with the latest boost coming from the rising probability of a global recession as possible outcomes of the ongoing Fed tightening and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
After inverting briefly, the US 2s10s slope has started steepening, which should continue despite recessionary risks as the Fed's balance sheet reduction should weigh heavily in the long end.
With the US 5s10s switching to steepening from flattening, the case for similar steepening is strong in a few emerging countries that are ahead in terms of monetary tightening.


Global Rate Curves (Ex-Asia) At an Inflection Point

US Treasury (10 Yr Generic)

Global Rate Curves (Ex-Asia) At an Inflection Point