RATES Weekly : US shutdown and Dutch pension funds
EUR rates:Recap of the week: Bull market for € and $ rates, but a different trajectory for the curve, which is steepening in the US and flattening in the eurozone. ECB considers well positioned with a DFR at 2%, in a context of a rebound in the cycle in the eurozone. Nevertheless, the prospect of an undershoot of the inflation target remains firmly on the radar of investors. The long end of the euro curve has also attracted renewed attention. With Bouw and PFZW and now PMT, three of the largest Dutch pension funds (approximately €400 billion in AuM) are in the running to transition to the new...