Resources
BNET Resources
- sort by:
- Relevance
- Date
- Popularity
- Deconstructing Structured Products
- This article offer an outline as to what structured products are, who is making them available, and what investors should be aware of when putting a deal together. Fundamentally, Structured Products most often include a fixed income element, which serves to protect investors' capital, combined with equity, or absolute return...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- 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...
- White papers 2003-07-01
- The Case For U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities For Global Investors
- This article emphasizes about the U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities for Global Investors. One of the most attractive features of MBS, and of prime importance to global investors, is their security. Mortgage-Backed Securities, whether explicitly guaranteed by the Treasury or by the two Government Sponsored Entities FNMA and FHLMC, are generally considered...
- White papers 2003-02-28
- Management Of Risk in Fixed Income Asset Management
- It is a fact that the way to make money in any market is to sell investments for a higher price than the price at which they were bought. Many amateur investors assume from this that the key to successful investment is some sort of superior crystal ball, enabling the...
- White papers 2001-12-01
- 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...
- White papers 2000-12-06
- Fixed Income Excess Returns and Time to Maturity
- The paper explores the relationship between fixed income excess returns and maturity differentials. In a quest to quantify this relationship, it goes beyond testing the monotonicity of excess returns, by exploring the functional form of excess returns' dependence on the maturity differential. It tests whether the monotonicity of excess returns...
- White papers 2000-10-20
- Structured Notes
- Structured notes are financial products that appear to be fixed income instruments, but contain embedded options and do not necessarily reflect the risk of the issuing credit. These options may be 'plain vanilla' or they may be highly leveraged exotic options. Due to the fact that each one is unique,...
- White papers
- The Evolution of Global Fixed Income Markets
- This paper describes how changes in the issuance of debt around the globe have created more opportunities for higher returns at lower levels of risk for investors. Increases in the issuance and liquidity of global corporate bonds and other spread sectors have led many investors to make a strategic move...
- White papers 2005-02-01
- The Complexities of Global Credit Investing
- The term "global credit" may have slightly different connotations to different investors. To some investors, it refers to a pure global corporate bond portfolio, while to others it is a broad strategy that also includes Agencies, mortgages and other spread sectors. However it is defined, global credit has gained significance...
- White papers 2005-03-15
- Bond Laddering: It's a Financial Shock Absorber!
- Most investors love the excitement of a roller-coaster ride only as long as the market is rising. Their enthusiasm and risk tolerance wanes quickly during market declines. This is especially true for fixed income investors, a group not generally known for thrill seeking pursuits. This paper discusses how such investors...
- White papers 2004-07-01
- 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...
- White papers 2007-06-01
Additional Resources
- Meeting Today's Industry Challenges With SAP Financial Asset Management
- The SAP Financial Asset Management application is an essential part of the SAP for Insurance solution portfolio. The application helps insurance companies manage and control a broad range of financial investments - including equity and fixed-income securities, money market instruments, loans, foreign exchange instruments, and derivatives - from the initial...
- White papers 2005-12-01
- Aflac Incorporated 2009 Financial Analyst Briefing Transcript
- Earnings Call ExcerptAflac Incorporated AFL 2009 Financial Analyst Briefing May 19, 2009 8:00 pm ET Executives Ken Janke - Senior Vice President Investor Relations Dan Amos – Chairman and CEO Presentation My name is Ken Janke and I’m Senior Vice President of Investor Relations for Aflac. I’d like...
- Earnings calls 2009-05-20
- Accounting/Actuarial Bias Enables Equity Investment by Defined Benefit Pension Plans
- Although pension finance theory says almost all defined benefit pension plans sponsored by publicly traded U.S. corporations should invest entirely in fixed income, 60% of assets are invested in equities. This paper offers a variation on the existing theory, removing the strong, but often unstated, assumption of transparency. The transparent...
- White papers 2000-05-01
- Time Warner Slashes 2008 Guidance On Ad Collapse (TWX)
- Time Warner TWX says its November 5 guidance for the rest of fiscal 2008 will be off by $370 million to $380 million. The main reason is a $280 million charge resulting from a suit from Turner Broadcasting, but the company also admits: "The economic environment has proved somewhat more...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Brunswick Corp. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. At this time, we will begin the question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question comes for Michael Savner with Banc of America. Sir, your line is open. Michael Savner - Banc of America Thanks. Good morning. A couple of...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-28
- Knowing the Right Time to Recognize Revenue
- Products and services can be sold and marketed in many different ways. Guidance is available about how to recognize revenue record income from the most common types of transaction, but it's not possible to provide for every situation—so considerable professional judgment is needed in the less straightforward cases.What You Need...
- Articles 2007-07-05
- Rent A Center, Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator [Operator Instructions]. Your first question comes from Dennis Telzrow [Stephens, Inc.]. Dennis Telzrow - Stephens, Inc. Good morning, Mark, Mitch, Robert. Mark E. Speese - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Good morning, Dennis. Mitchell E. Fadel - President and Chief Operating...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-30
- Citigroup Takes $8 Bln in Credit Losses
- By Dan Wilchins NEW YORK (Reuters UK) - Citigroup C posted a quarterly per-share loss as it suffered $8 billion (4 billion pounds) of credit losses, raising questions about when the bank can return to sustained profitability. Analysts had expected Citigroup bank to post an even bigger loss, but its...
- News items 2009-10-15
- Wipro Q1 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions And our first question this morning comes from the line of Joseph Foresi with Janney Montgomery Scott. Please go ahead. Joseph Foresi - Janney Montgomery Scott Hello guys, a nice job here at sort of a difficult quarter. My first question is your competitors have...
- Earnings calls 2007-07-19
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
Presented by American Express