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Tied to the market

Fixed-income indices are proving more of a hindrance than a help for many investors who complain that their hands are tied when it comes to making crucial investmentdecisions. Saskia Scholtes reports

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In July this year, the debt capital markets marked the thirtieth anniversary of the first ever index for the fixed-income universe.

The founders of that first index, Lehman Brothers’ Art Lipson and John Roundtree, argued for a market-weight construction since the rules are easy to communicate, easy to understand and easy to conform to: the more debt you issue, the greater your position

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