Fixed Income
News and analysis of fixed income markets including the key factors affecting performance such as interest rates, Federal Reserve policy and the state of the economy.
Bond Flight Has Manager Scouring Yields, Fund Flows, Monetary Policy
By Gil WeinreichWith a bond managers keen insight, James Camp of Eagle Asset Management spoke with AdvisorOne to size up the stock and bond markets and the direction of Fed policy.
March 20, 2012
FINRA Fines Citigroup Arm Over Corporate Bond TransactionsFINRA on Monday fined Citi International Financial Services $600,000 and ordered more than $648,000 in restitution and interest to more than 3,600 customers for charging excessive markups and markdowns on corporate and agency bond transactions.
March 19, 2012
Cohen & Steers Expands With Inflation-Sensitive Hard Assets FundAlong with its investment expertise in REITs, the new fund features gold, commodities and natural resources, along with short-term currency instruments, designed to "overcome the corrosive effects of inflation."
March 18, 2012
Yorkville Shares New MLP Performance Benchmarks, StatisticsAll MLP sectors have outperformed the S&P 500 on a total return basis over the past five years, with low beta.
March 18, 2012
Top Portfolio Products: New ETFs From State Street, RussellInterbank FX launches new social trading platform; Smartleaf adds model vendor portal.
March 16, 2012
Bond Supply to Get Tighter in 2012—Good Thing for Buyers: LPL’s ValeriLPL Financial market strategist Anthony Valeri predicted that the 2012 bond market will see only negligible growth, in a repeat of 2011.
March 14, 2012
Nomura to Cut Fixed Income ManagersIn January Nomura saw the resignations of Jesse Bhattal, former deputy president and chief of wholesale banking, and Tarun Jotwani, who had led the global markets unit prior to its split.
March 13, 2012
The IRA Charitable Donation: It’s Just a Tax Deduction in 2012The tax code provision that allowed IRA owners to contribute up to $100,000 directly from their IRA to the qualified charity of their choicewithout recognizing the donation as incomeexpired at the end of 2011, and Congress has given no indication if it will be renewed.