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Three keys to team meetings that inspire action
Curated content for RIAs.
Bryan Powell, Senior Director, Practice Management, outlines three concepts that can help heads of advisory teams lead more effectively.
Fixed Income Insights
Mortgage-backed securities: Priced for imperfection?
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Head of U.S. Securitized Products John Kerschner and Portfolio Manager Nick Childs explain why they believe key risks are now largely priced in to fixed income markets, with selective areas – particularly mortgage-backed securities (MBS) – presenting an opportunity to provide favorable rick-adjusted returns.
Fixed Income Insights
US core fixed income: Better positioned going into 2023?
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Greg Wilensky, Head of U.S. Fixed Income, discusses his 2023 investment outlook, including the opportunities and risks he sees in U.S. core fixed income as we head into the new year.
Business Development
Financial Knowledge, Investment Advice and Trading Discretion: New Research
Curated content for RIAs.
Head of Defined Contribution and Wealth Advisor Services Matt Sommer helped conduct a survey that explored the relationship between financial knowledge and the decision to seek investment advice and grant trading discretion. The results have significant implications for how financial professionals engage with clients.
Fixed Income Insights
CLOs: An Attractive Floating-rate Option in a Rising Rate Environment
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In a rising rate environment, fixed income investors need a floating rate option. CLOs may provide the flexibility investors need to respond and benefit from potential rate hikes.
Fixed Income Insights
Market GPS: Fixed Income Perspectives
Featuring the latest quarterly insights from our investment teams:
- Rising bond yields - a validation of recovery or a challenge?
- Don’t fight the wave of rising rates, surf it.
- Harvesting higher yields in today’s bond markets.
- ESG in credit investing: themes, considerations, and implementation.
Business Development
Why Women Are Critical to the Future of Your Business
Despite controlling a significant portion of personal wealth in the U.S., women are often left out of long-term financial planning conversations. Retirement Director Sara Tegethoff Lowery discusses how the industry has long demonstrated bias against female investors and explains why it’s so critical for financial professionals to build relationships with this segment of their client base.