Do TV and Film Investments Make Money?

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Trends in television The introduction of video-on-demand (VOD) services including Amazon and Netflix has revolutionised the way we watch TV. They are each gaining millions of new subscribers each year and produce ever more of their own award-winning…

Investors scramble for riskiest ABS bonds in rush for yield

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Investors scrambled for the riskiest tranches in one of the busiest weeks in the asset-backed bond market when over US$9bn was raised by deals that pooled everything from subprime auto and consumer loans to shipping container leases. The…

State and local pension plans have shifted towards ‘alternative investments’

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My colleagues — J.P. Aubry and Anqi Chen — and I are completing a study on the impact of changes in the investment portfolios of state and local pension plans. Since the financial crisis, public pension plans — like other large institutional…

State and local pension plans have shifted towards ‘alternative investments’

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My colleagues — J.P. Aubry and Anqi Chen — and I are completing a study on the impact of changes in the investment portfolios of state and local pension plans. Since the financial crisis, public pension plans — like other large institutional…

Record number of CFA U.K. members think corporate bonds are overvalued

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The proportion of the CFA Society of the U.K. members who view corporate bonds as overvalued is at a record high, show the society's valuations index. The index, which polls the society's members, found 84% of respondents think the asset class…

Is this ‘guaranteed’ bond really certain to pay you 5pc interest for almost 10 years?

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If you are an income-starved investor, could you say no to a “5pc guaranteed sterling bond”? I suspect many would find the combination of annual interest of 5pc and a guarantee highly attractive. This is what is on offer from a firm…

Why are most corporate bonds still traded on the phone?

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Manual trading has all but disappeared in much of finance. Most stock exchanges no longer have shouting floor traders; anyone from retail investors to the largest asset managers can buy and sell shares through easy, automated, electronic systems.…

The Bank of England and the Bond Market

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When the BoE’s monetary policy committee sits down to discuss the economy, it does so in the knowledge that the bond market does not think it is doing its job properly. Dan McCrum says if inflation hawks reveal themselves, markets may have…

First Retail Bond for care sector raises £33m in under a week

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The first Retail Charity Bond to be issued for the care sector has closed after less than a week, having raised £33 million. The bond, for Greensleeves Care, pays an interest rate of 4.25% a year for a term of nine years, and saw strong…

Will it be a happy new year for your investment funds?

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Stock market investors have seen bumper returns, with the FTSE 100 soaring after the Brexit vote. We ask some of the biggest names in the business for their 2017 predictions. The FTSE 100 index of Britain’s biggest stock market-listed companies…

Corporate debt returns lure investors back to bond market

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The global bond market rout triggered by Donald Trump’s US election victory looks overdone, according to bond investors now betting that the sell-off was too violent and that borrowing costs will remain contained into the start of the new…