185: LGIM looks back at a tricky year for fixed income and the 2022 outlook

Why didn’t credit markets behave the way the textbooks said they would at a time when inflation jumped? How will the oil price affect how emerging-market bonds behave? And how late are we in the cycle? In this episode, LGIM’s Raza Agha, head of emerging market credit strategy, and Matthew Rees, head of global bond strategy, explain all and assess the likely challenges, and potential “black swan” left-field events, that we might see in 2022.