Transition Management Forum Asia 2011: Asset owners warned that fixed income transitions require different skill sets

Fixed-income investments are becoming increasingly popular in Asia, but less transparency in secondary fixed-income market trading compared with traditional equities means institutional investors need to pay particular attention to the ability of service providers to secure appropriate execution when restructuring fixed income portfolios.

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Asset owners seeking to transition assets out of one portfolio into another pool of fixed-income assets need to be familiar with the particular idiosyncrasies of fixed-income markets to ensure they receive best execution, according to participants on a panel discussion at Asia Risk's Transition Management Forum Asia 2011 in Hong Kong this week.

John Moore, executive director of investment services for Asia-Pacific at Russell Investments based in Japan, said in the fixed-income area, no one

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