Co-CIO of Fixed Income Pilar Gomez-Bravo, addresses many of the pressing issues facing today’s bond investors including the fight between growth and inflation, building portfolios for an uncertain world and fragility.

Katrina Uzun, Institutional Portfolio Manager, shares the team's thoughts on emerging markets and provides a quarterly update on the Emerging Markets Debt Strategy.

Global investment-grade bonds can potentially complement traditional liability-driven investment (LDI) strategies, bringing the potential for attractive risk-adjusted returns while still maintaining critical liability hedging characteristics.

We examine how, during economic downturns, fixed income has offered diversification benefits and reduced the volatility of portfolios that include risk assets such as equities.

With the federal funds rate at or near peak levels, we believe that cash is likely to start underperforming credit in the period ahead. We favor deploying some credit risk as an attractive alternative to a cash allocation.

We examine the strategic case for investing in the taxable municipal bond asset class and present the argument for active investment to seek alpha. We also review why we think it is currently an attractive time to consider an allocation to the taxable municipal market.

We discuss the four stages of the typical cycle for emerging markets local debt, the fundamental framework of the marketplace, and the potential opportunity set offered to today's investors.

MFS Co-CIO Fixed Income, Pilar Gomez-Bravo, shares her views on how an active fixed income approach is key to navigating today’s challenging bond market and adding long-term value.

Co-CIO of Fixed Income Pilar Gomez-Bravo, addresses many of the pressing issues facing today's bond investors, including the risk of recession and the potential effects of China's economic slowdown.

The prevailing macro regime, the “fear of the Fed,” is likely to end in the near future. A shift away from it should bring better prospects for fixed income returns, and in our view it may be time to consider raising allocations to fixed income.

Capacity management is a key component of a client-centric philosophy and an active management approach to fixed income portfolios.

Emerging market local debt is a cyclical asset class, where each cycle is generally characterized by four stages. As we approach the fourth stage, we believe that local debt could become an attractive option for investors.

Discover why Global Credit can be a compelling asset class within the fixed income universe. MFS Co-CIO Fixed Income, Pilar Gomez-Bravo, shares her thoughts on credit markets, constructing risk, energy supply dynamics, and views on private credit.

While storm clouds continue to hover over the markets, this is an interesting time for investors in fixed income. Considering the uncertainties, we believe that active security selection in fixed income has the potential to provide yield, diversification and risk management.

MFS Co-CIO Fixed Income, Pilar Gomez-Bravo, discusses ESG integration in fixed income, with a focus on engaging with governments, investing in green bonds and avoiding greenwashing.

A conversation with MFS Co-CIO of Fixed Income, Pilar Gomez-Bravo, on current macro factors impacting global fixed income markets.

Provides insight on MFS's deep history and expertise fixed income as well as its risk managed approach and Global Research Platform.

Do emerging and developed market bonds differ when it comes to evaluating sustainability? In Episode 5 of the All Angles podcast, Vish Hindocha and Mahesh Jayakumar discuss how they assess materiality when deciding whether or not to invest in a country’s bonds and share their empirical analysis of the impact of different factors on fixed income returns.