Mind the Inflection Points: Global & Active Management
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Published on March 31, 2026.
The article discusses the potential inflection point between global and active management, focusing on the role of fixed income benchmarks becoming concentrated through issuance rather than improving fundamentals. This creates structural opportunities for active managers to manage concentration, credit, and duration risks more effectively. Because these benchmarks are broadly inclusive and mechanically reflect issuer behaviour, passive fixed income exposure can embed unintended risks such as rising leverage, deteriorating credit quality, or unfavourable shifts in duration. Global active fixed income offers a broad opportunity set, benefiting from dispersion in monetary policy, credit conditions, and economic cycles. The author suggests that active management in fixed income enjoys structural advantages as managers can manage concentration risk driven by issuance, use fundamental research to allocate credit where it is attractive, manage duration, and benchmark benchmark.
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