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.

Rates 10y Dashboard: Can US Curve Flattening Pull EM with It?

Rates 10y Dashboard: Which EM Countries to Target for 2s5s Flatteners?

Alpha Bites: Trade Ideas Performance Summary – July 2021

Rates 10y Dashboard: EM Rates Are Underperforming the US

Rates 10y Dashboard: EM Long-End Rates Continue to Maintain Risk Premium Cushion

Rates 10y Dashboard: Which EM Countries Are Vulnerable to a Further Rise in US Rates?

Rates 10y Dashboard: EM Rates Volatility as High as the US in a Rare Occurrence

FX & Rates

<p>The 10-year tenor of EM rate curves has been pricing in risk premia primarily due to rising fiscal risks, while rates in the 2-year tenor have risen due to rising inflationary risks.  The 5-year tenor has been impacted by both risks and, in general, has cheapened more than the other tenors.</p><p>Separately, the attached file is a snapshot of the EM 10y rates market in which we seek to identify the leaders and laggards among countries by comparing the performance of each to its history as well as to other countries based on their respective betas to an EM rates index.</p>

The 10-year tenor of EM rate curves has been pricing in risk premia primarily due to rising fiscal risks, while rates in the 2-year tenor have risen due to rising inflationary risks.  The 5-year tenor has been impacted by both risks and, in general, has cheapened more than the other tenors.Separately, the attached file is a snapshot of the EM 10y rates market in which we seek to identify the leaders and laggards among countries by comparing the performance of each to its history as well as to other countries based on their respective betas to an EM rates index.

Rates 10y Dashboard: 5-Year Is the Most Attractive Tenor in EM Rate Curves

US Treasury (10 Yr Generic)

Rates 10y Dashboard: 5-Year Is the Most Attractive Tenor in EM Rate Curves