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Charudatta Shende

Head of Client Portfolio Management Fixed Income and Fixed Income Strategist

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Charu Shende has been Head of Client Portfolio Management - Fixed Income Markets since 2016 and Fixed Income Strategist since 2025, responsible for strengthening our Fixed Income franchise strategy, client engagement, and product development. He joined Candriam in September 2016 as a Senior Client Portfolio Manager within the fixed income team. 

Charu joined Candriam from Carmignac Gestion, where was the product specialist for the  fixed income strategies. He began his career as a product research analyst at Pioneer Investments in Dublin. 

Charu holds a double degree in Economics and Finance from the American Business School of Paris 

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Charudatta Shende, Fixed Income

Candriam Credit Outlook

Credit markets have remained resilient, with yields still at interesting levels. But tight spreads, rising bond issuance and growing dispersion mean selectivity is becoming increasingly important.
Fixed Income, Tame risk, Credit, Charudatta Shende

Credit’s Circular Conundrum

Credit markets have spent the summer displaying an almost improbable degree of composure. Renewed tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, disruption to tanker traffic and sharp swings in oil prices repeatedly unsettled rates markets, while the continuing war in Ukraine has ensured that geopolitical risk never receded far from view.
Research Paper, Fixed Income, Credit, Tame risk, Charudatta Shende, Marie Thomin

Credit: Taming a Wide Universe

Credit markets have evolved. What was once considered a single asset class has become a broad, fragmented and multi-layered ecosystem spanning bonds, derivatives, private markets, currencies and capital structures—from senior secured debt to subordinated and hybrid instruments.
Research Paper, Credit, Tame risk, Fixed Income, Marie Thomin, Charudatta Shende

Investing in Late-Cycle Credit

Late-cycle credit markets rarely announce themselves clearly. Spreads remain tight, income is still available, and risky assets may continue to perform. Yet beneath this apparent stability, the balance is shifting: compensation is thinner, risks are more idiosyncratic, and the margin for error is narrowing.
Research Paper, Fixed Income, Credit, Tame risk, Charudatta Shende

Navigating the Credit Cycle

If you ask a fixed income investor to describe the credit cycle, most will readily cite its four familiar phases: Repair, Recovery, Expansion and Downturn. Knowing the terminology is straightforward. The more relevant question is: why does it matter for portfolio outcomes?
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