Fixed Interests

James McCormack, Fitch Ratings Global Head of Sovereigns, and Brian Coulton, Fitch Chief Economist, discuss US monetary policy and the implications of the Fed's recent rate hike.

Monica Insoll, Head of Credit Market Research and Joseph Cass, Associate Director, Investor Development, provide a 10 minute high-level overview of Fitch Ratings’ Global Credit Outlook report. They identify the main macro issues that will drive credit trends over the next 12 to 24 months, focussing on what factors are most likely to drive rating changes during 2017.

Monica Insoll, Fitch Ratings Head of Credit Market Research and Joseph Cass, Associate Director, Investor Development at Fitch Ratings discuss major themes in the European corporate and financial investment-grade and high-yield bond markets including issuance drivers and trends, the impact of QE, rating and overall credit quality trends and the outlook for 2017.

James McCormack, Fitch Global Head of Sovereigns and Brian Coulton, Fitch Chief Economist discuss a few of the major themes in the global economy, including:

* The Fed, the dollar and the fiscal reflation story in the United States.

* European dependence on loose monetary policy.

* China housing market.

* Potential changes in US trade policy towards China