On today’s show we welcome fixed income portfolio manager Sri Tella. Sri is based out of Fidelity’s fixed income headquarters in Merrimack, New Hampshire, and for Canadian investors is involved with 12 Fidelity funds, including Fidelity Canadian Bond Fund, Corporate Bond Fund, and the fixed income subportfolio of Fidelity Inflation-Focused Fund. A fund launched in September 2021, that aims to invest in securities collectively resilient to inflation, leveraging Fidelity’s vast global network and proprietary research. Sri and host Pamela Ritchie look at the state of fixed income, including Sri’s outlook for Canada’s bond market and indicators to watch in 2022. This discussion was recorded on Thursday January 27th during a week of central bank and monetary policy developments. Sri reflects on the Bank of Canada not raising rates, discusses the various asset classes within fixed income, looks at Canadian debt levels, housing, and employment.

Recorded on January 27, 2022.

Transcript (PDF): https://www.fidelity.ca/cs/Satellite/doc/transcript_podcast_fidelityconnects_tella_27jan.pdf

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