Fixed income – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com Canada's news source for financial professionals Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:18:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Fixed income – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com 32 32 Bonds offer attractive combo of returns and diversification https://www.investmentexecutive.com/soundbites/fixed-income/bonds-offer-attractive-combo-of-returns-and-diversification/ Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:01:42 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=484355 Jack Delany of Irish Life Investment Managers says fixed income can be a very powerful tool in investor portfolios

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]]> Central banks determined to avoid back-and-forth inflation fight https://www.investmentexecutive.com/soundbites/fixed-income/central-banks-determined-to-avoid-back-and-forth-inflation-fight/ Tue, 12 Mar 2024 18:01:48 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=481936 Dustin Reid of Mackenzie Investments says uncertainty destroys consumers and business confidence

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]]> Fixed-income opportunities can be found at both ends of the curve https://www.investmentexecutive.com/soundbites/fixed-income/fixed-income-opportunities-can-be-found-at-both-ends-of-the-curve/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 18:01:41 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=481355 As interest rates settle and global economies respond, fixed-income investors need to take a tactical, nuanced stance, says Katie Klingensmith of Brandywine Global

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]]> ‘Safe’ investments make Canadian fixed income attractive https://www.investmentexecutive.com/soundbites/fixed-income/safe-investments-make-canadian-fixed-income-attractive/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 18:01:19 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=478536 Mark Hamlin of Mackenzie Investments says in the current market Canada offers some unique fixed-income opportunities.

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]]> Time to lock in that bond duration https://www.investmentexecutive.com/soundbites/fixed-income/time-to-lock-in-that-bond-duration/ Tue, 24 Oct 2023 17:01:47 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=473777 Katie Klingensmith of Brandywine Global Investment Management says given the current real rates, there are fixed-income opportunities that have not existed in a generation or two

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]]> Interest in seg funds is growing. Here’s why https://www.investmentexecutive.com/soundbites/fixed-income/interest-in-seg-funds-is-growing-heres-why/ Tue, 26 Sep 2023 17:01:22 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=471973 John Yanchus of Canada Life says seg funds offer stability in volatile markets, and are more versatile and less expensive for clients than they used to be

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]]> Annuities are a versatile option for estate planners https://www.investmentexecutive.com/soundbites/fixed-income/annuities-are-a-versatile-option-for-estate-planners/ Tue, 01 Aug 2023 17:01:06 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=469382 John Yanchus of Canada Life says annuities are increasingly popular in the current economic climate, and they have a lot going for them

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]]> Bond market seeing ‘pockets of opportunity’ at 2023’s midpoint https://www.investmentexecutive.com/soundbites/fixed-income/bond-market-seeing-pockets-of-opportunity-at-2023s-midpoint/ Tue, 27 Jun 2023 17:01:18 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=467896 Katie Klingensmith of Brandywine Global Asset Management offers her view of the bond market at the halfway point of 2023

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]]> A fixed-income primer: how to explain bonds to the uninitiated https://www.investmentexecutive.com/soundbites/fixed-income/a-fixed-income-primer-how-to-explain-bonds-to-the-uninitiated/ Tue, 14 Feb 2023 18:01:25 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=460073 Janet Salter of Canada Life’s Portfolio Solutions Group offers a primer on bond yields and prices… and how to explain them to nervous clients

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]]> Opportunity costs remain biggest GIC danger in down economy https://www.investmentexecutive.com/soundbites/fixed-income/opportunity-costs-remain-biggest-gic-danger-in-down-economy/ Tue, 22 Nov 2022 18:01:38 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=455997 Paul Ghoche of Canada Life says GICs are a healthy component of a diversified portfolio, but locking money up comes at a cost

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