Q Fixed Income Survey: Expectations for Rising Rates, Volatility and Emerging Markets
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1 Q Fixed Income Survey: Expectations for Rising Rates, Volatility and Emerging Markets April 4, 2018 by Adam Smears of Russell Investments The dichotomy between views from interest rate managers and credit managers continues. In our latest fixed income survey 1, rates managers have blinked first. This quarter s survey closed right before the recent market sell-off, thus managers did not have the benefit of hindsight with regards to market repricing. Nonetheless, the results continue to provide valuable insight. Previously, we have highlighted the dichotomy between views from interest rate managers and credit managers, with rates managers implying low growth and low inflation while credit managers expected improving corporate fundamentals. This was contradictory over the long run as it is difficult to both expect low growth and strong credit fundamentals indefinitely. In this survey rates managers have blinked first and are adjusting their views. Managers are forming a consensus on higher rates: the federal funds rate peak forecast came in 40 basis points (bps) higher than the previous survey and expectations for the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield showed a build of managers expecting it to be 2.8% or higher, which subsequent to the survey has materialized. The question now is whether these higher rates that are expected will ultimately also impact credit market fundamentals. According to this survey, the answer is no. Participants are favouring high-yield credit again on the back of perceived improvement in fundamentals, but managers express caution with investment grade credit. Amongst credit markets, managers favor non-agency mortgages most in terms of spread tightening. The clear bull among fixed income subsectors remains local emerging market debt. More managers favor local emerging market debt than in our last survey, in spite of the strong performance already posted by this sector. Page 1, 2018 Advisor Perspectives, Inc. All rights reserved.
2 Finally, the U.S. dollar (USD) is perceived to be in a continued weakening phase, which also serves as a tailwind to emerging market currencies. However, if the U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) delivers on three or more rate hikes which 85% of interest rate managers expect a legitimate question becomes whether this weakness will continue, and what impact might it have on local currency emerging market debt? Key findings from our Q1 survey: Federal funds rate forecasted to peak 40bps higher The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield is expected to be 2.8% or higher (which has already materialized subsequent to this survey) These higher rates are not expected to impact credit markets High-yield credit is favored again, on the back of perceived improvement in fundamentals Surveyed managers expressed caution with investment-grade credit Amongst credit markets, non-agency mortgages have the highest skew towards predicted spread-tightening Local emerging-market debt continues to be the clear bull among fixed-income subsectors The U.S. dollar is perceived to be in a continued weakening phase, creating a tailwind for emerging-market currencies In our Q survey, we received answers from 70 different fixed-income investment firms across the world, with specialist teams at each of these firms assigned to provide answers for their respective subsectors. Bond and currency managers in eight specialized areas were asked to consider valuations, expectations and outlooks for the coming months. Today, we ve chosen to focus on the conclusions drawn for credit, interest rates, emerging market bonds, currencies, securitized bonds and municipal bonds. Global credit markets outlook Caution is warranted in investment-grade (IG) credit, while perceived improvement in global high-yield (HY) credit fundamentals are driving a view towards stability and coupon clipping. Global IG credit managers continue to temper their expectations, with only 19% of respondents expecting spread tightening, falling from 25% and 57% in the previous two surveys, respectively. Last quarter, 32% of global IG credit managers preached caution, believing credit spreads did not compensate for potential deterioration of credit fundamentals. In the previous four surveys, that cautious view never breached 38%. This quarter, that number has jumped to 56%, That being said, range-bound spreads are still the flavor of the day, with 59% believing so. Our definition of rangebound spreads is 50bps for HY credit and 10bps for IG credit. In global HY credit, we see a similar story, with 68% of all managers seeing spreads as range-bound. Those expecting any spread widening shrunk from last quarter s result of 28%, to only 5% this quarter. We believe the likely driver behind this change was improvements in the trend of corporate fundamentals, with 79% of surveyed managers seeing modest improvement (compared to only 44% last quarter) and 11% seeing material improvement (compared to 0% last quarter), which contrasts Page 2, 2018 Advisor Perspectives, Inc. All rights reserved.
3 with our observation made in global IG credit. After the completion of the survey, as of Feb. 22, 2018, global HY credit spreads widened 40bps with the sell-off in risk assets, but have since retraced about 25bps of that widening. Global IG credit spreads widened about 9bps, but have since come in 2bps. Thus, we ve managed to remain rangebound, even with the recent sell-off. Global interest rates outlook Managers expect U.S. inflation increases to raise interest rates. Most managers expect three to four U.S. interest rate rises over the next 12 months, an increase of one to two hike expectations over the previous quarter s survey. We ve seen a similar one-two hike repricing in the forward curve since the last survey. Part of this increase comes from U.S. inflation expectations increasing, with the average now being 2.06%, up from last quarter s 1.95%. With the recent elevations in wage inflation and core consumer price index (CPI) inflation, we see a clear trend reversal in managers inflation expectations. Source: Russell Investments Quarterly Fixed Income Survey U.S. terminal rates still expected to remain lower than previous cycles. Similar to the trend reversal seen in rate hike and inflation expectations, we saw an increase in the expected terminal funds rate by the U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed). Page 3, 2018 Advisor Perspectives, Inc. All rights reserved.
4 In previous quarters, we saw a lack of consensus in managers Fed funds peak rate forecast for this cycle, with 76% perfectly split between 1.76% and 2.75%. As managers have become more bullish on the number of rate hikes left in the cycle, 42% see a terminal range between 2.5 and 2.75%. 84% see the range between 2.26% and 3.25%. While this shift is likely spurred by recent developments in growth and inflation, it still represents a terminal rate much lower than previous cycles. Source: Russell Investments Quarterly Fixed Income Survey Emerging markets outlook Views on emerging market (EM) currencies diverge, but they re broadly expected to outperform the U.S. dollar (USD). The Mexican peso has fallen from its pedestal as the most favored currency since U.S. President Donald Trump was elected. Despite North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) risks on the horizons, managers correctly predicted the outperformance of the currency. Today we are presented with a hotly contested view on the Turkish Lira: It has topped our list as both the most attractive and least attractive currency over the next 12 months. Valuation and yield serve as a tailwind to the currency, but politics and the lack of an orthodox central bank policy has investors equally on edge. Surveyed managers are as bullish on EM currencies vs. USD (as represented by the J.P. Morgan Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets Global Diversified Index) as they ve ever been over a 12- month horizon since our survey began in July % see a strong positive from currencies, while an additional 19% see currencies as a slight positive. Should this view come to fruition, it would provide Page 4, 2018 Advisor Perspectives, Inc. All rights reserved.
5 good support for the 6% yield on offer in the asset class, explaining why 86% of managers see a return of 6-12% over the next 12 months. Currencies have rallied from their nearly two standard deviation cheap valuation levels in early 2016 to closer-to-average valuation today. The extent of the bullishness makes us wonder if there s a potential contrarian indicator evident in the results. That said, Russell Investments does subscribe to the improved fundamental picture, being driven by a strong improvement in current accounts. Managers favour local-currency emerging-market debt (LCEMD) over hard-currency emerging-market debt (HCEMD). Over 94% of our survey respondents believe that LCEMD is more attractive than HCEMD on a one-tothree-year view. Still, managers aren t particularly negative on HCEMD, with 92% predicting a 2-8% return over the coming 12 months. Expectations are tempered versus the previous quarter, where 79% of managers expected HCEMD returns of 6% to 10%+. The reduced expectation is likely caused by compressed spreads although managers continue to see a higher likelihood of modest tightening and a duration of seven years for the J.P. Morgan Emerging Market-Bond Index, making it sensitive to any surprise increases in rates. Emerging-market inflation is no longer expected to move downward. Last quarter, 62% of respondents expected lower EM inflation over the coming months. However, in line with predictions for increases in developed market inflation, only 14% this quarter see inflation moving lower over the next 12 months. This same trend is visible in EM local rates, where 59% of managers previously believed rates were cheap, versus only 32% feeling so this quarter. 65% now feel EM local rates are fair value. Developed-market currencies outlook Euro bullishness remains, while all managers expect increased volatility. G10 currency managers have further raised their expectations for the euro-to-usd exchange rate, with one-third predicting There was no consensus view to be found on sterling (GBP), likely caused by the uncertainty of Brexit negotiations. NOK is the new favorite G10 currency, while managers are becoming more positive on CNY. 100% of dedicated fixed income managers surveyed now believe G10 and EM fixed income volatility will increase over the next 12 months, potentially creating opportunity over the course of the year. Asset-backed securities outlook Securitized managers are still broadly positive. The securitized asset market has been on an extended bull run since the global financial crisis of 2008/09 and securitized managers remain broadly positive this quarter. Even with the tightening already seen in non-agency securities, 50% of managers see further moderate tightening in loss- Page 5, 2018 Advisor Perspectives, Inc. All rights reserved.
6 adjusted yields. This remains one of the few credit sectors skewed towards spread tightening. Indeed, we observed relative stability in the asset class in the recent market sell-off. Overall, managers are less worried than the previous quarter about the ability of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) structures to absorb losses at the BBB-grade level, particularly in the 2012 and 2013 vintages, where retail and mall risk is more prominent. It s possible the recent weakness in the retail sector may impact views in the next survey. More broadly, residential house prices are expected to rise 3-5% in the next 12 months. Municipal bonds outlook Municipal bonds remain attractive for U.S. taxable investors. The overall outlook for municipal high-yield assets remains favorable, but has tempered somewhat. 61% of managers expect municipal high-yield to outperform corporate high-yield, a slight drop from the 67% number last quarter. Our observation here is that managers are more bullish on credit risk in municipals, relative to their counterparts in the corporate credit space. 30-year AAA municipal/treasury yield ratio expectations tied to tax-code changes. As 30-year AAA municipal/treasury yield ratios continue to come in, managers expectations have shifted. Two quarters ago, 100% of managers saw ratios in the % range. This quarter, 38% shifted into the 80-95% range. Interestingly, 18% of managers now see potential for municipal outperformance as a result of changes to the U.S. tax code (versus 0% last quarter), believing the Trump administration has little incentive to strain the finances of cities and states. Our takeaway: Opportunities for active management It would seem that trends in inflation and interest rate views have now reversed upwards, and the ability to remain nimble to capture this impact on various asset classes will be important. Such changes to consensus interest rate and inflation views have the potential to greatly impact assets exposed to duration risk, emerging and developed market currencies, funding costs for the corporate credit market, or prepayment speeds in the securitized market. Specialized expertise will provide an indication of the sensitivity of each asset class to these risk factors, while bottom-up resources will help indicate which countries, companies, and securitized assets can weather the storm. We believe investors should consider maintaining some dry powder, in the form of highly liquid, cash-like assets, on both the interest-rate and credit front. Because volatility is likely to remain for the foreseeable future. Disclosures These views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and are current as of the date at the top of the page. Investing involves risk and principal loss is possible. Page 6, 2018 Advisor Perspectives, Inc. All rights reserved.
7 Past performance does not guarantee future performance. Forecasting represents predictions of market prices and/or volume patterns utilizing varying analytical data. It is not representative of a projection of the stock market, or of any specific investment. This material is not an offer, solicitation or recommendation to purchase any security. Nothing contained in this material is intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice, nor an opinion regarding the appropriateness of any investment, nor a solicitation of any type. The general information contained in this publication should not be acted upon without obtaining specific legal, tax and investment advice from a licensed professional. The information, analysis and opinions expressed herein are for general information only and are not intended to provide specific advice or recommendations for any individual entity. Indexes are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. The J.P. Morgan Emerging Market-Bond Index is an index of dollar-denominated sovereign bonds issued by a selection of emerging market countries. The J.P. Morgan Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets Global Diversified Index is one of a series of comprehensive emerging market debt benchmarks that track local currency bonds issued by emerging market governments. Russell Investments' ownership is composed of a majority stake held by funds managed by TA Associates with minority stakes held by funds managed by Reverence Capital Partners and Russell Investments' management. Frank Russell Company is the owner of the Russell trademarks contained in this material and all trademark rights related to the Russell trademarks, which the members of the Russell Investments group of companies are permitted to use under license from Frank Russell Company. The members of the Russell Investments group of companies are not affiliated in any manner with Frank Russell Company or any entity operating under the "FTSE RUSSELL" brand. Copyright Russell Investments Group LLC All rights reserved. This material is proprietary and may not be reproduced, transferred, or distributed in any form without prior written permission from Russell Investments. It is delivered on an as is basis without warranty. UNI Source for Q1 Fixed Income survey: Russell Investments research Page 7, 2018 Advisor Perspectives, Inc. All rights reserved.
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