How structured credit can improve the yield of fixed income portfolios

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Andrew Jackson looks at how pension funds can use investment grade structured credit to enhance fixed income portfolios

Confronted with low yields, a rising interest rate environment and central banks stepping back from the largest stimulus packages ever provided, it is fair to say that fixed income investors are fa...

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