Fixed income
Brownstone Investment Group hires investment grade director
Fixed income investment firm Brownstone hires Sean Richter as high grade director.
Volatility drives UK products towards growth
FTSE and growth products are popular as rising volatility makes income products difficult to structure
BNP Paribas hires credit research chief
Arrival of McAdie and Fridson adds weight to BNP Paribas’ research effort.
Knight expands capital markets team
Knight Capital hires new managing directors for capital markets business.
Ogata named SG head in Asia
Hikaru Ogata quits French rival BNP Paribas to become new chief executive at SG.
Eurozone has two years to agree fiscal union – DB Advisors
The viability of the Eurozone project continues to weigh on fixed income market, says chief investment officer of DB Advisors.
Credit Institute event: The outlook for high yield
June’s meeting of Credit Institute gave investors the opportunity to discuss the key themes affecting the high yield market, including the Eurozone sovereign crisis and refinancing risk.
US credit outlook: Pramerica, BlackRock & Alliance Bernstein
On a recent visit to New York, Credit met up with senior figures at three of the largest fixed income asset managers globally to hear their thoughts on where the US credit market is heading next and what the risks are for investors.
Exchange-traded product volumes up 13% in 2010
Fixed-income exchange-traded products made money, investors turned to gold and a decline in assets followed falls in the equity markets in the first half of this year
Deutsche Bank issues leveraged fixed-income ETNs
Deutsche Bank joins forces with Invesco PowerShares to offer fixed-income ETNs for US investors
Aviva Investors recruits fund manager to SRI division
Colin Purdie, formerly of Aegon Asset Management, joins Aviva Investors as SRI credit fund manager.
Lloyds TSB hires leveraged credit director
Bank hires Paul Osment from Evolution Securities.
Vanguard creates ETFs on equities, fixed income and property
Vanguard has increased its US ETF offering with the addition of a host of new products based on the benchmark S&P 500 and Russell 2000, and including equities, fixed income and property
Crédit Agricole adds five to fixed income in Hong Kong
Crédit Agricole has bolstered its fixed-income team in Asia with five sales and trading hires
UBS hires new emerging markets head
Can Uran joins bank as co-head of FICC emerging markets.
Jefferies recruits new head of rates sales
Marie-Laure Savelli-Timsit joins Jefferies in Paris to set up French rates business.
Fixed income gains interest in Australia
Gaining interest
Aviva Investors recruits new convertibles fund manager
Convertible bond fund manager Justin Craib-Cox joins Aviva Investors from M&G Investments.
IAS 19 to speed pension de-risking
Proposed changes to accounting standards will remove some of the reporting freedom enjoyed by pension funds and could steer them away from investing in equities towards the relative safety of bonds and swaps – a development that could have an impact on…
Loomis Sayles nabs Fahey from Mellon
Loomis Sayles recruits Thomas Fahey from Standish Mellon to be fixed income macro strategist.
Credit Suisse adds to China fixed income team
Credit Suisse in China recruits Keung Li, Teng Ma, Antony Xing, Angela Wen, Leo Chen and Amanda Yan to fixed income sales.
High yield may suffer after government stimulus withdrawal: Jeff Burch profile
The co-head of credit at Investec Asset Management says double-B companies may struggle if economic growth stalls after governments pull the plug on their stimulus measures.