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Merrill Lynch Begins Warning UK Staff of Job Losses: LONDON (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch (MER) has begun informing staff on its London fixed income, commodities and currency trading desks they may lose their jobs, as it begins implementing a plan to cut 4,000 jobs globally, recruitment industry sources said on...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Investment, Financial services, fixed income, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., London, job, bank, Thomson Reuters Corp., asset, team, sales; News items 2008-04-23
Understanding fixed income Securities: Expectations: There are several reasons why investors have invalid expectations about their Fixed Income investments: They don't experience this type of investing until retirement planning time and they view all securities with an eye on Market Value, as they have been programmed to do by Wall Street. The combination of increasing...; Tags: Investment, Financial services, fixed income, interest rate, income, security, sales; White papers
The Problem With fixed income Indexation: The factors that affect the bond markets and interest rates are very complex. Bond managers make important choices on term, yield curve positioning, sector, and issuers on a continuous basis. A manager can make a fabulous call, only to be wrong a few months later. This makes bond indexing a...; Tags: Investment, bond, fixed income, positioning, interest rate; White papers
Interest Rate Swaps: It is the exchange of one set of cash flows for another. A pre-set index, notional amount and set of dates of exchange determine each set of cash flows. The most common type of interest rate swap is the exchange of fixed rate flows for floating rate flows. One of...; Tags: Financial Planning, Financial services, Investment, Operational accounting, interest rate, fixed income, cash flow, derivatives, bond, income, stock, financial; White papers
Fitting in fixed income Investment: This article is on fixed investments. Over the last few years, investors have had plenty of opportunity to recognize the importance of diversification. A properly diversified portfolio requires careful asset allocation?dividing your dollars between growth investments (stocks) and fixed income investments (bonds). Bonds are considered more conservative investments, although...; Tags: Financial services, fixed income, bond, investment, asset, stock; White papers

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,...; Tags: Strategy, fixed income, risk, financial; White papers
Lay-Offs Spread to "Healthy" Sectors: We try to keep you up to date with major economic indicators and the collective wisdom of economists, even if the news isn't very good. Today the 24/7 Wall Street blog, which offers solid analysis of the markets, points out the unsettling reality that layoffs are spreading from the sectors...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Financial services, Investment, Jessica Stillman, job, Mortgage Bankers Association; Blog posts 2007-10-17
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: Investment, Financial accounting, Asset management, Financial services, fixed income, catastrophe, payoff, asset pricing, finance, investor, bond, compensation, asset, security; White papers 2007-06-01
2nd Quarter fixed income Review: This report reviews the performance of fixed income market during the 2nd quarter of 2005. It reports that the bond market proved resilient in the second quarter of 2005 in the face of considerable volatility and the actions of the Federal Reserve and the major ratings agencies. During the quarter,...; Tags: Investment, Financial services, fixed income, S&P 500, volatility, bond, equity, performance; White papers 2005-07-15
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...; Tags: Financial accounting, Financial services, Investment, fixed income, investor, interest rate, bond, asset, agency, strategy; White papers 2005-03-15
A Global fixed income Approach to Absolute Return: This paper describes how an unconstrained long-only global fixed income strategy, managed against the Lehman Brothers Global Aggregate Index, can serve as the framework for an absolute return strategy. Both strategies would have the same investment universe, but the absolute return strategy would include long and short positions. In an...; Tags: management position, strategy, fixed income; White papers 2005-03-01
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...; Tags: Investment, issuance, bond, fixed income, investor, liquidity, income; White papers 2005-02-01
Express Track to STP for fixed income Markets Hinges on Partnership: This article presents an account of an industry roundtable which examined STP for Fixed Income Markets. It covers a broad variety of topics surrounding electronic trading of fixed income securities, including STP, FIX for fixed income and Omgeo parent Thomson Financial's acquisition of TradeWeb. It also features a short section...; Tags: Investment, Financial services, Omgeo LLC., fixed income, equity, partnership, acquisition, financial, industry; White papers 2005-01-01
fixed income Derivatives - A Survey of the Indian Market: This paper draws on a survey undertaken in conjunction with IBA on India's interest rate and foreign exchange derivative markets, written specifically for financial analysts, policy makers and other interested parties who may not currently be directly involved in the market. Fitch Ratings and IBA approached various commercial banks; Fitch...; Tags: Marketing research, Financial services, Investment, fixed income, foreign-exchange, survey, mutual fund, interest rate, bank; White papers 2004-09-09
The Core Plus fixed income Portfolio: The paper continues to anticipate solid economic growth and believe the corporate earnings picture may continue to trend upward over the next six to nine months. Volatility should remain at relatively low levels, in our opinion, providing a backdrop for out performance in non-Treasury sectors. Our expectation is that the...; Tags: corporate earnings, volatility, interest rate, performance; White papers 2004-09-01
The Intermediate fixed income Portfolio: The paper continues to anticipate solid economic growth and believe the corporate earnings picture may continue to trend upward over the next six to nine months. Volatility should remain at relatively low levels, in the opinion, providing a backdrop for out performance in non-Treasury sectors. The expectation is that the...; Tags: corporate earnings, volatility, interest rate, performance; White papers 2004-09-01
The International fixed income Portfolio: On the global accounts, the report is still very under weighs US government bonds, which offer a relatively low PRY. US government bond yields have fallen recently, due to weaker economic data, but inflation looks set to rise further, raising the prospect of 'stagflation' (low growth and high inflation). The...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, bond, inflation, U.S. Government; White papers 2004-09-01
The Global fixed income Portfolio: World government bond markets rebounded strongly in the third quarter, with the Citigroup World Government Bond Index (WGBI) up 3.3% in US dollar terms. The index rose 2.5% in local currency terms, as signs of slower global economic growth reduced bond yields, and returns were boosted further by a 0.9%...; Tags: Investment, fixed income, bond, income; White papers 2004-09-01
2003 Property/Casualty Investment Results: Evolving Return/Risk Profiles: This article introduces the notion of risk-adjusted income returns for insurers' fixed income security holdings and portfolios. The article also displays many of the standard prior categorizations of insurers' holdings and investment results. The first section of this review presents risk-adjusted taxable and tax-exempt fixed income returns. The second and...; Tags: Investment, Financial services, General Re Corp., fixed income, insurance company, equity, income, tax; White papers 2004-08-01
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...; Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, bond, fixed income, investor, volatility, income, financial, benefit; White papers 2004-07-01