Frontier Expands Consulting Ranks Fixed Income & Credit, Women in Finance Frontier has appointed new members to its consultancy team, including a Senior Consultant, specialising in debt and currency. Read More
Managing Volatility in EMD Emerging Markets, Fixed Income & Credit Emerging market debt is a volatile asset class, but there are ways to manage this volatility through thoughtful portfolio construction, Aviva Investors’ Aaron Grehan says. Read More
Reducing Risk with Liquidity Sleeves Factors, Quant & Systematic, Fixed Income & Credit Liquidity sleeves that mimic a fund’s strategic asset allocation with ETFs could help asset owners navigate bouts of volatility, as seen during the months of March and April this year, iShares says. Read More
Insurers Need to Cast Net Wider Fixed Income & Credit, Opinion It is now more important than ever for insurers to consider how to utilise the reserves backing their regulatory capital requirements and any surplus capital to best support their businesses, Greg Wilkinson, Head of Insurance Strategy at JANA, writes. Read More
Distressed Cycle Could Be Different Financial Crisis, Fixed Income & Credit, Women in Finance Many fund managers have been raising capital for distressed debt opportunities in anticipation of a spike in defaults. But Bev Durston, Managing Director at alternative assets advisory firm Edgehaven, has some reservations about the scale of the opportunity set out there. Read More
Staying Ahead of Market Repricing Factors, Quant & Systematic, Fixed Income & Credit, Women in Finance Since the GFC, macroeconomic events have become strong drivers of asset returns. Loomis Sayles has now developed a crisis sensitivity ratio model to better understand how these events impact markets. Read More
JANA Appoints Head of Insurance Strategy Fixed Income & Credit JANA has created a new role of Head of Insurance Strategy to reflect the expanded business and has appointed Greg Wilkinson into the role. Read More
Defensiveness Through Currencies Financial Crisis, Fixed Income & Credit In an environment where bonds yields are close to zero, where do you look for defensiveness? Currencies are one answer, Franklin Templeton’s Michael Hasenstab says. Read More
Stick to Aus, US Government Bonds Fixed Income & Credit If investors believe fixed income is a defensive allocation, then they should probably stick to just Australian and US government bonds, according to a Willis Towers Watson consultant. Read More
