Tag: Fixed income

Institutional investors and registered investment advisers (RIAs) are increasingly using business development company (BDC) stocks, according to a source.

Ninety-eight percent of defined contribution (DC) investment consultants polled recommend clients offer a target-date or target-risk investment tier.

Market Vectors ETF Trust released a new exchange-traded fund (ETF), the Treasury-Hedged High Yield Bond ETF (NYSE: THHY). 

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) launched the Goldman Sachs World Bond Fund (Class A Share: GWRAX). 

Jeffrey MacDonald has been named managing director and senior portfolio manager on the fixed-income team of Fiduciary Trust Company International. 

Vanguard is expanding its family of low-cost bond offerings.

The U.S. mutual fund industry (open- and closed-end funds, and exchange-traded funds) is set to surpass $15 trillion in assets in February, according to Strategic Insight.

Today’s low interest rate environment can take a bite out of what would normally be a sustainable withdrawal rate in retirement, Morningstar said.

Concern over market volatility remains on high alert, and returns are expected to dip, according to research by Casey Quirk and eVestment.

Active manager and adviser exchange-traded fund (ETF) investment portfolios are expected to grow in 2013.

Asset managers are developing new products to address market volatility and income demand in the wake of record-breaking fixed-income flows.

Daily transfer volume was above average among defined contribution (DC) plan participants in December, according to the Aon Hewitt 401(k) Index.

Despite worries over budget gridlock and the impending deadline of the fiscal cliff, institutional investment managers surveyed were mostly staying the course.

Prudential Retirement added American Century Investments’ line-up of target-date funds to its guaranteed income solution for defined contribution (DC) plans.

A new blog shines a light on the weekly strategy meetings of J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s global fixed-income, currency and commodity group.

 Europe, China and the U.S. must overcome hurdles to keep the global economic recovery intact.  

Schroders made an agreement for its subsidiary Schroder U.S. Holdings Inc. to acquire 100% of the share capital of STW Fixed Income Management LLC.

A Vanguard study finds defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors are planning fewer design and investment changes than two years ago.

Outflows from U.S. stock funds may surpass 2008’s record of $96.7 billion, according to Morningstar Inc.