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.

FX Dashboard: Russian Ruble and Colombian Peso Finally Benefiting from the Oil Rally

Rates 10y Dashboard: Russia to Deliver a Small Rate Hike Supporting the Steepener Recommendation

Alpha Bites: A DV01-Neutral 5s10s Rate Curve Steepener in Colombia

Rates 10y Dashboard: Colombia’s Rate Curve Should Continue to Flatten

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

Alpha Bites: A 2s5s Flattener in Colombia with Receiving Bias

Battle Lines Drawn As BABA Builds Out First/Last-Mile Capacity; But Who Will Fund 75+ Bn CNY CapEx?

FX & Rates

<p>Colombia's central bank started its monetary tightening cycle last week. The rate hike was in line with our expectations and supported our 2s5s flattener recommendation. We expect the curve to flatten further towards its historical norm on the back of a likely acceleration in the pace of rate hikes with inflation continuing to increase. Despite our expectations, we recommend closing the trade as the high negative carry may cancel the gains if the flattening is gradual.</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>

Colombia's central bank started its monetary tightening cycle last week. The rate hike was in line with our expectations and supported our 2s5s flattener recommendation. We expect the curve to flatten further towards its historical norm on the back of a likely acceleration in the pace of rate hikes with inflation continuing to increase. Despite our expectations, we recommend closing the trade as the high negative carry may cancel the gains if the flattening is gradual.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: Take Profits on Colombia 2s5s Flattener

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Rates 10y Dashboard: Take Profits on Colombia 2s5s Flattener