fixed income

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT: hard to get right

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Multi-asset classes and funds of funds have made performance attribution more difficult. Lynn Strongin Dodds finds that advances have been made... Performance measurement and attribution...

CONVERTIBLE BONDS: the best of both worlds

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Convertible bonds offer investors the security of fixed income with the possibility of equity-like returns, writes Mike Reed, a senior portfolio manager at BlueBay...

TRANSITION MANAGEMENT: a disappearing act

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Bank failures mean transition managers need to prove their commitment. At the same time the demand for portfolio changes has increased as a result...

BLANK CANVAS 2009: A test of survival

Funds Europe -

Senior executives including Martin Gilbert of Aberdeen, talk to Fiona Rintoul about what the post-crisis world holds... The asset management industry has, by and large,...

INVESTOR SERVICES: Automation for the people

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Nicholas Pratt talks to Frederic Hannequart (pictured), chairman of Euroclear bank, about the quest for more automation and a pan-European infrastructure ... Clearing and settlement...

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Gartmore goes forth

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When hedge funds were born into the pension scheme world, Gartmore was there ... Gartmore's Jeff Meyer (pictured) and Phil Wagstaff talk to Nick...

WIDENING THE WEB: Credit Risk Agencies

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Fund managers are under increasing pressure to identify credit risk, but are now choosing to rely less on traditional ratings agencies. Angele Spiteri Paris...

PAYDEN & RYGEL: The World on your Doorstep

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Payden & Rygel has been in Europe for ten years and has built a business on gaining global exposure through simple fund structures, finds...

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Alain Dromer, CEO, Aviva Investors

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Alain Dromer, CEO of Aviva Investors (pictured), explains to Fiona Rintoul that its parent insurance company should inspire confidence in the big boutique ... It’s...

PENSION FUNDS: how to make a hedge fund

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In 2005, the Danish pension scheme ATP started to build its own hedge funds. Success means the number of teams will increase to twelve...

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