Are UK gilts resting on a “bed of nitroglycerine”? Nigel Jenkins, Managing Director at Payden & Rygel, challenges this long-held narrative, highlighting the gilt market’s resilience over the past 16 years. While debt and funding pressures remain, he argues that stronger economic growth could transform concerns about sustainability into a more constructive outlook for UK government bonds.

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Nigel Jenkins

Nigel Jenkins is a Managing Director at Payden & Rygel. He is a member of the firm’s Investment Policy Committee and oversees the Global Fixed Income strategy team, which manages all Euro and Sterling base currency and global benchmarked fixed income portfolios. Nigel is also part of the three strong leadership team of our unconstrained fixed income team, with a focus on absolute return and multi asset credit portfolios. He is a director of Payden Global Funds plc. and Chairman of Payden AIF ICAV, which houses Payden Multi Asset Credit Fund. Nigel serves on the board of Payden & Rygel Global Limited.

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