Tighter credit spreads, same underwriting discipline
Investment Team member Tracey Chen and relationship manager Sydney Campbell discuss maintaining underwriting discipline amid tighter credit spreads, offering insights for consistent investment processes.
21 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Tighter credit spreads, same underwriting discipline
Published 21 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Tracy, to talk a little bit more about your commentary, are you arguing it actually gets harder and requires more discipline? Because most people think when spreads are tighter, which is an indication that the economy is trending in the right direction and investing should be easier. That's a very good question. Let's take a step back and think about what spread actually means for a fixed income investor. Think of spread as a cushion for bearing the credit risk. So for the same credit risk, You always want a higher cushion for it. The higher the spread, the higher the cushion, the more room you have for things to go wrong because you've been compensated higher for it. […]
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