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.
Three new developments on the annuity rider front
By David PortThe buzz in the annuity world is about optional features that guarantee a lifetime income stream: living benefit riders.
July 28, 2011
Catching up with… Scott ColyerIf you’re in the decidedly unglamorous, but wholly necessary fixed income business, setting up shop in Monument, Colo., serves as an effective (and breathtaking) counterbalance.
July 28, 2011
Three new developments on the annuity rider frontThe buzz in the annuity world is about optional features that guarantee a lifetime income stream: living benefit riders.
July 28, 2011
Debt Crisis: U.S. Treasuries and U.K. Gilts Trade Places, BrieflyWorldwide, investors are telling the governments of advanced economies that their debt management plans are unpersuasive. For a time today, the bond market signaled that British gilts were safer than Treasuries. Meanwhile, Spanish and Italian bonds reached the danger zone Thursday.
July 28, 2011
Business Leaders Resigned to U.S. Debt Downgrade but Say Default UnlikelyThe business community is battening down the hatches for a U.S. debt rating downgrade—and they’re not happy about damage that the oncoming economic storm will wreak on investors.
July 27, 2011
LIMRA: Income Affects Confirmation PreferencesConsumers with higher household incomes seem to like e-mail transaction confirmations more than lower-income consumers do.
July 27, 2011
LIMRA: Income Affects Confirmation PreferencesConsumers with higher household incomes seem to like e-mail transaction confirmations more than lower-income consumers do.
July 26, 2011
Debt-Ceiling Stalemate Unacceptable, Say JPMorgan Strategist, BofA EconomistAs the clock ticks down to the Aug. 2 deadline in the debt-ceiling stalemate, market players from JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America said on a SIFMA call that they are growing increasingly worried about the possible economic impact of Washington’s failure to act.