fixed income

CORPORATE BONDS: what the eye doesn’t see

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Corporate bonds may not be the most glamorous or high-profile of investments, but their issuance is currently reaching record levels. Nick Fitzpatrick finds that...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: these are crazy times

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There are a number of drivers for asset management M&A at present, including hedge funds that want to build product – and a slight...

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Robert Parker+the power of two

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Bob Parker (pictured) tells Fiona Rintoul that Credit Suisse is definitely not ducking out of asset management, despite selling its long-only business to Aberdeen...

RISK MANAGEMENT: Shooting down risk

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In 2008 risk management failed. Nicholas Pratt talks to a fund management risk specialist and to consultants to find out what vendors must do...

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Pierre Savant, Natixis

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Natixis will not let the financial crisis distract it from a growth plan put in place in 2006. Angele Spiteri Paris talks to Pierre...

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

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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...

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