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.
T. Rowe Price to Buy Debt-Investment Firm for $4.2B
By Silla Brush and Natalie HarrisonThe fund firm has agreed to acquire Oak Hill Advisors to expand into private debt investing.
October 19, 2021
Kotlikoff: Inflation Is a Stealth Social Security CutNot only do COLAs have little muscle but retirees find more of their benefits subject to tax, the economist tells ThinkAdvisor.
October 15, 2021
Retirement-Age Investors Worried About Low Interest Rates, InflationSeven in 10 retirement-age investors believe that rising inflation will hurt their retirement savings, Global Atlantic found.
October 13, 2021
Bill Gross Says Bond Market 'No Disaster,' Sees 10-Year Yield at 2%Even if bonds are likely to suffer losses, they still have a role to play in portfolios given the economic uncertainties, the PIMCO co-founder says.
October 12, 2021
Only Half of Institutional Investors Expect to Meet Target Returns by 2025: FidelityRespondents widely said they had been forced to take on more risk to achieve the same level of return.
October 05, 2021
Merrill to Pay $1.5M FINRA Fine Over Muni ShortsThe firm failed to notify investors in munis that they were receiving "substitute" interest payments that weren't tax-exempt, FINRA says.
September 30, 2021
Another Reason Advisors Are Warming to AnnuitiesAdvisors are also using annuities because they're making little or no money on bonds, a DPL Financial Partners survey found.
September 17, 2021
10 Economic Predictions for the Next 5 Years: Northern TrustThe bank's chief investment strategist discusses what's taking shape in the U.S. and global economy.