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Before the coronavirus pandemic, the scope for traditional policy to respond to the next recession was limited. Interest rates in much of the developed world were close to zero, budget constraints left little room for fiscal expansion and central bank balance sheets had already expanded significantly.

Five years ago, we added an investment idea into the Invesco Global Targeted Returns Strategy that incorporated a view on Polish government bonds. We believed then (and continue to believe now) that there are benefits to be found in holding selective, high-yielding emerging market local currency debt – particularly those with attractive currencies and improving economic indicators and fundamentals.

Read our latest research on diversifying oil exposure, how patent data can be a predictor of equity returns in innovation-based companies, fixed income factor investing - and China’s second tier cities and the shift toward a consumption-driven economy.

Bond yields have rallied strongly since Wednesday’s Fed meeting. At the time of writing the 10-year US Treasury yield is testing 2%. We are not adding duration risk at these low levels of yield. In the UK funds, duration stays low. In the Luxembourg based funds we have reduced duration slightly.

Members of the Henley Fixed Interest team give their view on recent market developments and where they are seeing value in this Q&A.

Exposure to attractively priced UK earnings remains significant: Mark's portfolios have more than twice the exposure to UK sourced revenues as the FTSE All-Share index. Yet global investors are taking an extremely pessimistic view of the future for UK revenues, failing to recognise the underlying health of the UK economy.