Fixed Income Investing - A Classic in a Time of Increased Uncertainty

Fixed Income Investing: A Classic in a Time of Increased Uncertainty



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English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030879216 | 748 Pages | PDF | 12 MB

Fixed income investments have been a topic of broad interest, in particular for institutional investors such as insurance companies and pensions schemes. They were considered safe heavens in turbulent times by almost all other institutional and individual investors and are used for strategies such as portfolio immunization and asset liability matching (ALM). The latest crisis, however, revealed some of the weaknesses of fixed income instruments. They proved to be not as safe as originally thought with both credit and interest rate risks emerging. Consequently, fixed income investments have been in the spotlight once more.