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Year End Market Review 2001: More of the Same, but Different: This paper displays the data of asset allocation, U.S. equity, fixed income, international equity and alternative investments, across asset classes and performance deteriorated from 2000 to 2001. It reveal the statistics of second worst two-year period for U.S. equity in recent history, liability-sensitive investors were further threatened by lower bond...; Tags: U.S., Fixed Income, Equity, BARRA ROGERSCASEY, Investment, Financial Services, Asset Management, Finance, Operational Planning, Business Operations; White papers 2003-01-01
Stable Value Vs. Money Market Funds: This article emphasizes that a stable value participant is subject to the Equity Wash rules. A participant may only invest stable value assets in a competing investment option by first transferring assets from the stable value portfolio to a non-competing investment and the assets must remain in the non-competing investment...; Tags: Asset, Fixed Income, Portfolio, State Street, Asset Management, Investment, Financial Services, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance; White papers 2001-06-20
Strategies For A Low Yield World: In this era of very low interest rates and yields, all fixed income investors are finding that the returns from their portfolios are under pressure. This is especially true of official investors such as central banks and government funds, whose asset allocations have tended to be towards the lower risk...; Tags: Asset, Strategy, Fixed Income, Investor, State Street, Asset Management, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance; White papers 2003-07-01
Global Fixed Income Portfolio Management: Global income investing has become very popular over the last decade as investors worldwide sought more favorable risk-return tradeoffs by combining international positions with domestic alternatives. The primary purpose of this paper is to develop a model that properly specifies risks and returns, so that the global investor may make...; Tags: Asset, Risk, Fixed Income, Investor, Asset Management, Financial Accounting, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance, Management; White papers 2000-12-06
Fixed Income Risk Modeling for Portfolio Managers: This paper will take the reader through the process of building a risk model and discusses the important sources of risk in generic fixed income portfolios. The intention is not to cover the whole spectrum of securities but to address some typical modeling challenges such as accommodating different benchmarks and...; Tags: Fixed Income, Modeling, Barra, Research & Development, Investment, Financial Services, Business Operations, Finance; White papers 2003-04-04

Currency Dependence in Global Markets: The Need for More Detailed Risk Models: This issue of Horizon deals with the effects of globalization, industry consolidation, and the growth of fixed income spread products on the management and modeling of risk. These trends have given rise to new customer requirements for fixed income investing and multi-asset class, firm-wide risk management. This article looks closely...; Tags: Fixed Income, Barra, Globalization, Financial Services, Investment, Research & Development, Strategy, Management, Finance, Business Operations; White papers 2002-04-11
STP for Institutional Settlement: As a significant step toward providing a straight-through processing STP solution for the institutional marketplace, the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation FICC, a subsidiary of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation DTCC, has prepared this white paper outlining potential solutions predicated upon the Government securities processing model. While this paper focuses...; Tags: Settlement, Fixed Income, Litigation, Investment, Financial Services, Business Operations, Finance; White papers 2003-05-20
Real-time Trade Matching (RTTM) for NSCC-Eligible Fixed Income Securities: Business Overview: As the fixed income industry prepares to move to a T+1 processing environment in mid-2004, the collective need for a centralized, automated systems infrastructure has never been more critical. A core requirement of building this straight-through processing infrastructure is a real-time fixed income matching system to accommodate efficient settlement on...; Tags: Settlement, Fixed Income, Litigation, Investment, Financial Services, Business Operations, Finance; White papers 2001-08-01
Another Look at Global Fixed Income Index Composition: Global Fixed Income has been questioned as an asset class because perception among the institutional investing community is that it does not add value, either through increasing returns or decreasing risk. This paper fully supports the contention that Global Fixed Income can add value to plan sponsors' overall asset allocation...; Tags: Asset, Fixed Income, Asset Alliance, Asset Management, Investment, Financial Services, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance; White papers 2000-06-26
Portfolio Construction and the True Nature of Cash, Fixed Income and Equities: A clear understanding about how cash, fixed income and equities behave is essential to successfully managing your investment portfolio. Related to this, a significant factor in preserving and growing your wealth is the creation and management of a sound asset mix strategy. As any experienced investor knows, emotion and investment...; Tags: Asset, Fixed Income, Investment Decision, Equity, Investment, Financial Services, Asset Management, Finance, Operational Planning, Business Operations; White papers 2004-04-29
Economic Catastrophe Bonds: The central insight of asset pricing is that a security's value depends on both its distribution of payoffs across economic states and state prices. In fixed income markets, many investors focus exclusively on estimates of expected payoffs, such as credit ratings, without considering the state of the economy in which...; Tags: Payoff, Harvard College, Catastrophe, Bond, Fixed Income, Investment, Asset Management, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Operational Planning, Business Operations; White papers 2007-06-01
Jefferies Group, Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript: Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions The first question comes from William Tanona – Goldman Sachs. William Tanona – Goldman Sachs You guys have been pretty aggressive out there in terms of new hires, particularly on the fixed income side. Obviously we saw the announcement today and then...; Tags: Asset, Asset Management, Business, Business Operations, Call Transcript, Capital Structures, Earnings, Finance, Financial Services, Fixed Income, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Investment, Jefferies Group Inc., Liquidity, Mortgages, Operational Planning, Seeking Alpha; Earnings calls 2008-10-21
Odyssey Re Holdings Corp. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript: Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you sir. Operator instructions Our first question comes from Doug Miehm with RBC Capital Markets. Doug Miehm – RBC Capital Markets Hi, good morning. Just a few quick questions; first, the other expense line on your income statements show it actually other income was that the...; Tags: Fixed Income, Call Transcript, Earnings, RBC Capital Markets, Odyssey Re Holdings Corp., Insurance, Financial Planning, Investment, Financial Services, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Seeking Alpha; Earnings calls 2008-10-31
Raymond James Financial Inc. F1Q09 (Qtr End 12/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript: Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Operator Instructions. We are going to the line of Joel Jeffrey with KBW. Please go ahead. Joel Jeffrey - KBW Good morning. Tom James Hi, Joel. Joel Jeffrey - KBW Can you give us the most updated capital ratios at...; Tags: Bank, Cushion, Fixed Income, Call Transcript, Raymond James Financial Inc., Earnings, Financial Services, Quality, Business Operations, Seeking Alpha; Earnings calls 2009-01-22
RLI Corp. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript: Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you sir. The question and answer session will begin at this time. Operator instructions. Please stand by for our first question. And the first question will come from DeForest Hinman with Walthausen & Co. DeForest Hinman – Walthausen & Co. Hi. I had a...; Tags: Asset, Fixed Income, Call Transcript, Equity, Earnings, RLI Corp., Asset Portfolio, Investment, Asset Management, Financial Services, Personal Finance, Finance, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Seeking Alpha; Earnings calls 2009-07-21
SWS Group Inc. F4Q09 (Qtr End 06/26/09) Earnings Call Transcript: Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Our first question comes from Joel Jeffrey. You may ask your question. Joel Jeffrey - Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Just a question. On the PCS business, you guys have lost money there in the last two quarters. I mean, is this basically tied to the M.L. Stern...; Tags: Combination, Fixed Income, Call Transcript, Earnings, SWS Group Inc., Personal Finance, Investment, Financial Services, Corporate Governance, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Seeking Alpha; Earnings calls 2009-08-27
Looking for a Stable Industry? Try Chinese Life Insurance: Research Recap submits: Is all the global gloom and doom getting you down? Moody’s Investors Service has an upbeat report on Chinese life insurers, who entered 2008 with record high profits and whose exposure to the sub-prime mortgage crisis is limited. Chinese insurers .. are in a relatively...; Tags: Business Operations, China, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Financial Services, Fixed Income, Insurance, Insurance Company, Investment, Moody's Investors Service, Research Recap, Seeking Alpha; External links 2008-11-18

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Prudential Fixed Income Launches European Bank Loan Investment Strategy in The U.K: NEWARK, N.J. -- Prudential Fixed Income announced today that it has launched a strategy to invest in the European bank loan market on behalf of institutional investors and affiliates, expanding its fast-growing leveraged finance business. The business is building the strategy around a new team, which begins operations in London...; Tags: bank, fixed income, investment strategy, Prudential Insurance Company of America; Research articles 2005-06-22
U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Selects SunGard for Fixed Income Trading; SunGard to Provide Integrated STP Solution Across Fixed Income Desk: Business Editors CALABASAS, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 15, 2001 SunGard (NYSE:SDS) today announced that U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray has selected SunGard Trading Systems' Global Trader trading software and SunGard Business Integration's MINT middleware technology, to provide an integrated straight-through processing trading solution for fixed income trading operations. The integrated...; Tags: FINANCE, Investment, SunGard Data Systems Inc., U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc.; Research articles 2001-06-15
Reuters Unit Lipper Acquires Capital Access International, Building Strength in Fixed-Income; Thousands of Bond-Industry Professionals Rely on Core eMAXX Product: Business Editors LONDON--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 2, 2002 Reuters, the global information, news and technology group, and Lipper, the leading fund analysis and research firm, announced today that Lipper has acquired the operations of Capital Access International, which provides institutional investor profile information and bond ownership analysis to thousands of...; Tags: Benefits, FINANCE, Investment, Lipper Inc., Thomson Reuters Corp.; Research articles 2002-12-02