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FICC Focus

Bloomberg Intelligence

FICC Focus offers the latest market views on interest rates, corporate bonds, emerging market debt, commodities, and currencies by Bloomberg Intelligence analysts.

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29:01

FICC Focus: Newmark’s Hinton on US Commercial...

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2025/10/31

Investor sentiment is improving across commercial real estate as liquidity improves, cash flows stabilize and capitalization rates compress. Jimmy Hinton, chief revenue officer for US capital markets at Newmark Group, joins BI chief fixed income strategist, Damian Sassower, to discuss his firm’s approach to price discovery, leverage and deal flow. Hinton and Sassower discuss the role of leasing velocity, lending standards, operating expenses, concessions and net absorption when identifying

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27:46

Macro Matters: US and Canada Monetary Policy Recap...

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2025/10/30

I don’t think that the next Fed chair does much to change my expectations for the terminal rate this cycle, says Stuart Paul, US & Canada Economist for Bloomberg Economics. Paul is joined by BI chief US rates strategist Ira Jersey and senior US & Canada rates-strategy associate Will Hoffman to discuss takeaways from the recent Federal Reserve, and Bank of Canada meetings. The trio discuss the outlook for monetary policy and yields on both sides of the border. They also touch on the upcoming release

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44:27

Credit Crunch: Corbin Capital’s Cocke on Value in...

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2025/10/29

“Where your capital is going to create value, that’s the area we want to focus on the most. So today we see a lot of that in telecom broadly defined data-center digital-infrastructure financing,” says John Cocke, Partner and Deputy Chief Investment Officer of credit for alternative asset management firm Corbin Capital Partners, discussing opportunities in the credit markets. Cocke joins Bloomberg Intelligence’s Stephen Flynn on this episode of the Credit Crunch podcast to talk about Corbin’s

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21:04

Macro Matters: Trade and Fed With Fed Watch Advisors’...

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2025/10/23

Renewed US-China trade tensions, the impact of tariffs on rare-earth minerals and the growing uncertainty facing markets are among the topics discussed in this episode of Macro Matters, part of Bloomberg Intelligence’s FICC Focus series. Host Ira Jersey, BI’s chief interest rate strategist, speaks with Ben Emons, founder and CIO of Fed Watch Advisors, about how these developments could influence inflation, unemployment and the Federal Reserve’s rate decisions. They also examine gold’s surge, global

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118:18

State of Distressed Debt: Cadwalader’s Mintz on...

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2025/10/20

“If I were a lender, I would sign a coop with everyone — or mostly everyone — the day after the loan closes, and then just let it sit there.” That’s Douglas Mintz’s solution to the damaging frenzy that often erupts when word spreads that creditors are organizing ahead of a potential liability management exercise. In a conversation with Bloomberg Intelligence’s Negisa Balluku, Mintz, who is a partner in Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP’s Financial Restructuring practice and a member of the firm’s

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24:41

Macro Matters: Gold and Gold Stocks With Merk...

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2025/10/16

Gold isn’t showing signs of true dollar debasement, if it were, there would be an even more severe market reaction, says Merk Investments co-founder and CIO Axel Merk on this Macro Matters edition of the FICC Focus podcast series. Merk joins host and Bloomberg Intelligence Head of US Rates Strategy Ira Jersey to discuss the reason gold has been climbing rapidly in recent weeks. Merk thinks the gold rally is due to speculators, central-bank and institutional buying, while he outlines how retail

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47:08

Credit Crunch: Investor Survey, France, Trade War and...

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2025/10/14

Credit and high yield had a good 2025, despite tariffs and rates volatility as spreads held ground. Will 4Q sustain this resilience and why? Mahesh Bhimalingam, Bloomberg Intelligence global head of credit strategy, discusses the results of the BI 4Q25 High Yield Investor Survey, along with the market outlook, with Alexis Renault, global head of high yield at Oddo BHF. They discuss the French fiscal problems and trade war's impact on credit, potential ECB action in a sovereign crisis along with

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11:54

All Options Considered: Equity Derivatives With...

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2025/10/10

There are some interesting developments in equity volatility which have trading implications from the pronounced spread between VIX and SPX realized volatility, low stock correlation, rise of single stock volatility and the shape of the VIX curve. In this edition of the All Options Considered podcast, BI's Chief Global Derivatives Strategist Tanvir Sandhu is joined by Chris Murphy, Co-Head Derivative Strategy at Susquehanna, to discuss equity volatility and flows.Register for the 2nd Annual

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14:51

Macro Matters: ABS Market Review With BI’s Rod...

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2025/10/09

Asset-backed securities issuance remains slightly behind the same period in 2024, even with Tricolor-related angst continuing, notes Bloomberg Intelligence ABS Strategist Rod Chadehumbe on this Macro Matters edition of the FICC Focus podcast series. Chadehumbe and Bloomberg Intelligence Head of US Rates Strategy Ira Jersey discuss Tricolor’s effect on the ABS market, how the consumer is driving issuance, recent trends in subprime credit-card and auto-ABS delinquencies, and his outlook for

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34:49

FX Moment: Mizuho's Rochester on the Yen

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2025/10/08

The unexpected election of the LDP’s Sanae Takaichi and her known bias for expansionary fiscal policies is questioning the yen’s bull case and the currency’s sharp and broad selloff since the Oct. 4 result is a taste of what could come. For now, we don’t have enough information to assess how or when fiscal stimulus will eventually unfold, so it’s premature to call a sustainably bearish view until the fiscal prospects can be quantified. In this episode of FX Moment, Bloomberg Intelligence Chief FX

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27:32

EM Lens: From Risk to Resilience With Andersen’s...

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2025/10/07

Institutional appetite for high-beta asset classes continues to endure yet traditional safe havens are not behaving as they should. Fabio Natalucci, CEO of the Andersen Institute for Finance & Economics, joins Bloomberg Intelligence Chief Emerging Market Fixed Income Strategist Damian Sassower to discuss investor positioning and risk sentiment ahead of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund’s 2025 Annual Meetings. Natalucci and Sassower touch on issues ranging from global trade and

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26:45

Macro Matters: All Things Rates with BofA Strategist...

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2025/10/02

The Federal Reserve moving away from the federal funds rate as the policy target would be welcome, said Meghan Swiber, senior US rates strategist at Bank of America Securities on this Macro Matters edition of the FICC Focus podcast series. Swiber and Bloomberg Intelligence Head of US Rates Strategy Ira Jersey also discuss BofA’s views on the yield curve, Treasury issuance and Federal Reserve policy.The Macro Matters podcast is part of BI’s FICC Focus series.

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55:32

Credit Crunch: Rithm’s Nierenberg on M&A, Recasting...

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2025/09/29

“Being able to underwrite a consumer, being able to offer that product to that consumer and then being able to touch that consumer is very, very important,” says Michael Nierenberg, CEO of Rithm Capital, discussing the company's focus on asset classes where it has an edge. Nierenberg joins Bloomberg Intelligence’s Noel Hebert and Erica Adelberg on this episode of the Credit Crunch podcast to talk about growth through M&A, changing the market’s perception of the company, recent deals for Crestline

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30:01

Macro Matters: Mortgage-Market Update With BI’s Erica...

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2025/09/25

Mortgage-backed securities may benefit from renewed bank demand as Fed easing improves net interest margins, according to Bloomberg Intelligence mortgage strategist Erica Adelberg. On this Macro Matters edition of the FICC Focus podcast, she joins host Ira Jersey, BI’s chief US interest-rate strategist, to discuss mortgage issuance, market structure, the role of cash buyers in housing and how the Fed’s balance sheet is likely to affect mortgage supply. They also review research indicating that a

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20:20

All Options Considered: Volatility of NFT Art - View...

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2025/09/19

Digital art has been around for decades but blockchain technology provides provenance. In this edition of the All Options Considered podcast, BI chief global derivatives Strategist Tanvir Sandhu is joined by Nicole Sales Giles, Director of Digital Art at Christie's to discuss the volatility of the NFT art market, AI generated art and emerging artists to watch.

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26:59

Macro Matters: Global Central-Bank Meetings Review —...

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2025/09/18

The official line is that QT has added 15-25 bps on 10-year gilts, but it’s probably adding quite a bit more than that, says Huw Worthington, chief European rates strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, who sees signs that central banks are addressing that now. In this episode of the FICC Focus podcast, Worthington is joined by BI chief US rates strategist Ira Jersey and senior US & Canada rates-strategy associate Will Hoffman to discuss takeaways from the recent Federal Reserve, Bank of

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64:01

Credit Crunch: Adams Street’s Diehl on Trends in...

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2025/09/15

“I think it’s very difficult to predict a world where you might go back to zero interest rates. And so that all portends that there’s likely to be an uptick in default rates,” says Jeff Diehl, managing partner and head of investments at Adams Street, discussing potential challenges awaiting direct lenders after the strong growth of the asset class. Diehl joins Bloomberg Intelligence’s Noel Hebert on this episode of the Credit Crunch podcast to talk about Adams Street’s approach to private credit

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108:55

State of Distressed: Joele Frank’s Freitag on...

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2025/09/13

“I spend most of my time trying to downplay the stuff that you find fascinating, right?,” Joele Frank Partner Michael Freitag says. “The inter-creditor interaction, the creditor versus sponsor interaction, the creditor versus issuer action. We try to position all of that as this noise, this thing going off to the side, being managed by sophisticated investors and sophisticated advisors.” In this episode of The State of Distressed Debt, Freitag discusses with Bloomberg Intelligence’s Noel Hebert and

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21:49

EM Lens: Risk Appetite Is Improving, Capital Flows to...

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2025/09/12

Foreign demand for emerging-market local debt is improving, as overseas investors pursue yield differentials amid diminishing currency volatility. Bertrand Delgado, head of Latin America strategy at Societe Generale, joins Damian Sassower, Bloomberg Intelligence’s chief emerging market fixed income strategist, to assess macroeconomic conditions across Latin America and the broader EM landscape, with implications for institutional investors across the globe. Delgado and Sassower touch on topics

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30:27

Macro Matters: Federated Hermes Gallo on Fixed Income...

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2025/09/11

“The Federal Reserve was created to have a degree of what I like to call operational independence”, says Federated Hermes Deputy Chief Investment Officer for Fixed Income RJ Gallo on this Macro Matters edition of the FICC Focus podcast series. He joins host and Bloomberg Intelligence Chief Interest Rate Strategist Ira Jersey to discuss future movements of the Treasury yield curve, recent economic data and its quality, and effects of recent government policies such as tariffs and the budget. On

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