Nicholas Sanders, CFA
18 Years at AB|22 Years of Experience
Nicholas Sanders is a Vice President and Portfolio Manager at AB, and a member of the Global Fixed Income, Absolute Return, UK Fixed Income and Euro Fixed Income portfolio-management teams. Since 2013, he has been responsible for the analysis of sovereign and other liquid markets globally, with a focus on the European market. Prior to that, he worked as an associate portfolio manager on the Asian Fixed Income team, where he was responsible for analysis of and trade execution for local and global fixed-income markets. Sanders joined AB in 2006, and served as team leader of Servicing & Controls within the Australian & New Zealand Operations Group. Before joining the firm, he worked in both Australia and London as a pricing and valuation analyst. Sanders holds a BBus in economics and finance from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and is a CFA charterholder. Location: London
Published Work
US investors often stick to US markets. But that could be a costly mistake—especially today.
Sovereign debt levels soared during the pandemic, and countries at the eurozone’s periphery may look high risk. But appearances can be deceptive.
We believe that—although the battle with inflation is not completely won—inflation is now more likely yesterday’s than tomorrow’s problem.
We believe investors should prepare to back the beneficiaries of lower euro rates-but hold off taking big interest-rate risk positions for now.
The political response to the COVID-19 crisis may be positive for the European integration project-and for euro-area bond markets.
Italy's new prime minister, Mario Draghi, has a well-earned reputation for turning around difficult situations. But can he reverse Italy's relative economic decline? And what does his program mean for Italian bond yields?