Fixed income
Canada takes aim at tax-advantaged bond funds that use derivatives strategies
Targeting the little guy
Bond investors attack 'disastrous' CRD IV rules on CoCos
Don't go CoCo
Nektar: Nektar Asset Management (a part of Brummer & Partners)
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
Insurers turn to structured credit in search for yield in Asia
Yielding results
Hedge fund Mariner navigates turbulent markets
Navigating turbulent markets
Bond wave boosts fixed-income ETF issuance
Bonding agents
Hedge funds split on outlook for junk bonds
Split on junk
Swiss structured products market boosted by the hunt for yield
Investors in Switzerland turn towards equity-linked products to beat fixed-income returns
No exit: The problems facing UBS in its fixed income retreat
The stress of unwinding
Index providers look to apply minimum volatility success story to other asset classes
Minimum volatility strategies have been a huge hit in the equity space. Index providers are now planning to apply them to fixed income and commodities
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
FVC custom indexes
FVC custom indexes
Meteor's FTSE 100 hybrid
Hybrid with a sting in the tail
Lookback
Lookback
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