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Bond benchmarks put investors in undue danger - Reuters UK

Bond benchmarks put investors in undue danger
Reuters UK
By Sinead Cruise | LONDON (Reuters) - Investors are needlessly exposing themselves to huge potential losses by defying two golden rules for making money through bonds - lend more to those who will pay on time in full and less to those already saturated ...
Analysis - Spectre of forced selling haunts rallying Italy debtReuters

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Legg Mason Launches Fixed Income Fund of Hedge Funds - Sacramento Bee

Hedge Funds Review Magazine

Legg Mason Launches Fixed Income Fund of Hedge Funds
Sacramento Bee
Outside of corporate credit, we like non-agency RMBS, with many securities offering significantly higher cash yields than corporate bonds." The Fund, which is registered under both the Securities Act of 1933 and Investment Company Act of 1940, ...
Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. as of December 31 ...MarketWatch (press release)
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund as of December 31, 2011Business Wire (press release)
Legg Mason targets mass-affluent investors with Permal FoHFHedge Funds Review Magazine

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Russell Global Indices: Greece emerges as a surprise stock market winner in ... - This is Money

This is Money

Russell Global Indices: Greece emerges as a surprise stock market winner in ...
This is Money
Investors have swung between these two modes since the European sovereign debt crisis took hold last summer, modulating from fevered share buying to then hunting safety, snapping up US government bonds, gold and other 'safe' assets.

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Allstate's Wilson Says Interest Rates Fuel Energy, Real Estate Investments - Bloomberg

Chicago Tribune

Allstate's Wilson Says Interest Rates Fuel Energy, Real Estate Investments
Bloomberg
(ALL), the largest publicly traded US auto insurer, is investing in energy and real estate as near record-low interest rates squeeze income from bonds, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Thomas Wilson said. “For insurance companies or long-term ...
Allstate's Wilson Says Low Interest Rates Fuel Energy BetsBusinessWeek

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New China Life Insurance Plans CNY15 Bln Bond Sales - Wall Street Journal

New China Life Insurance Plans CNY15 Bln Bond Sales
Wall Street Journal
Such bonds offer investors less protection if an issuer can't repay its debt but also a higher yield than regular bonds. Banks and insurers typically hold each other's subordinated debt. Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said in July that Chinese ...

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