Fixed income
Small reinsurers ‘shortening bond durations’ to protect against interest rate volatility
Companies prepared to take ALM mismatch to access higher yields on reinvestment
Insurers begin 'cautious' re-risking of investment portfolios as yields slump
Third-quarter results show small increase in equity exposure and lower-grade corporates
Structured products market in Greece stabilises ahead of debt sustainability talks
Investors in Greece appear calmer than in May and June, when fears of currency redenomination saw structured product sales surge
Risk USA: "We needed to run a simpler bank," says UBS risk manager
Capital pressures that drove UBS out of fixed income could force other banks to follow suit, says market risk head – and names Société Générale and BNP Paribas as examples
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Meteor's FTSE 100 hybrid
Hybrid with a sting in the tail
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NBC delivering on yield
The yield hunters
Orphan bonds could be source of absolute value
Value can be found in bonds despite central bank interventions that are impacting spreads. Absolute value is hard to fund with the exception of orphan bonds, says GAM fixed income expert Haywood.
Responding to the eurozone crisis
The cutting crew
Permal Fixed Income Holdings: Permal Investment Management
Americas Awards 2012
Reinsurers urged to expand equities allocation amid 'fixed-income bubble' fears
Flight to fixed income exposing reinsurers to low yields and interest and inflation risks
Best in South Korea: Credit Suisse
Structured Products Asia Awards 2012
Best in India: ICICI Bank
Structured Products Asia Awards 2012
How to mend the Libor process
How to mend the Libor process
STS Partners Fund: Deer Park Road Corporation
Americas Awards 2012
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Product providers in eurozone periphery face stiff challenge from bonds
Bonds beef up in southern Europe
Fixed-income ETF market to hit $2tn within a decade, says iShares
iShares makes a bold prediction for the decade ahead as inflows into fixed-income exchange-traded funds increase, but others are less optimistic
Fixed income is the asset class of choice in Singapore, but issuer-risk concerns remain
Global uncertainty is driving investors in Asia into fixed-income assets and structured and credit-linked notes with exposure to credit, though they remain wary of issuer risk
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May sees US fixed-income ETP record despite flight from high-yield bond products
High-yield ETPs in the US experienced their first outflows since November 2011, but inflows into government bond products propelled May to a record-breaking month for fixed-income ETPs
Aviva G7 Fixed Income Fund: Aviva Investors
12th European Single Manager Awards 2012
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