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European fixed income is liked, especially in the current environment where monetary policy steps are important, and it offers investable ways to participate in the market with a focus on stability.
Volatility in short-term rates, especially in Europe and the UK, weakens the hedging properties of these rates, so investors should pay attention to cash as a way to sidestep duration risk and for capital preservation and liquidity.
Due to the ECB repricing expectations, floating rate instruments are a good place to invest because they have very good protections embedded into the asset class.
Credit has performed really well, and flows are showing rerisking into fixed income, particularly credit; specifically, European investment grade credit is favored due to its performance and stability.
Inflation expectations have not fed through to the market, particularly on the longer-term horizon, so inflation-linked bonds (linkers) could be a good diversifier and hedge against inflation.