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By far the overwhelming event in bond markets worldwide has been the savage bear market in developed market bonds. The WGBI is currently in a drawdown of 29%. The worst ever drawdown it has experienced. In this environment SA bonds have done remarkably well. Rowan Williams-Short, Head of Fixed Interest, discusses this and more in his quarterly commentary.