Chief Investment Officer is pleased to bring to you this special edition of the CIO Alert sponsored by FTSE Russell and focused on fixed income. 
Sponsor’s footnote: Fixed income is an important component of any diversified investment strategy, and FTSE Russell offers a full suite of solutions across the entire global fixed income investment spectrum.

To prevent a re-run of the 2008/09 collapse in the US financial system, the US Fed stepped into the agency-MBS market, after the COVID-19 shock emerged in Q1. Without Fed support, what is the impact on non-agency CMBS?

The policies move away from return-oriented goals to being a source of liquidity and strong beta.

Fears about bond ETF illiquidity deepened after the COVID-19 crisis, but the surge in ETF trading volumes suggested bond ETF liquidity held up well. Find out what drove the fears and the surge.

While plans with the highest fixed income allocation outperformed peers, few were unscathed.

For investors and policymakers, effectively addressing climate change poses particular challenges, including collecting a level-playing field of consistent data sufficient to understand the climate risk faced by sovereign issuers.

After making great strides to improve DB funded ratios, increased market volatility and delayed contributions may reverse that momentum.

The COVID-19 crisis has impacted nearly all asset classes, and USD corporate bonds have not been spared. While enduring spikes in liquidity costs occurred across the USD corporate bond asset class, we found the level of impact—and the path to returning to pre-crisis levels—varied across credit rating and sectors.

Maybe not so much stocks, but high-yield is well-positioned for the Democrat win and enacts his agenda, Northeast’s Monrad forecasts.

The impact of inclusion of a country’s bonds in a flagship local currency government bond index is naturally of great interest for issuers and investors alike. A recent case, which illuminates the impact of inclusion for market participants and issuing governments, is that of Israel.

They don’t pay much interest, and future price appreciation is so not happening. Still, they have their uses.