Due to the unprecedented monetary policy by the Federal Reserve in recent years, interest rates are at extremely low levels throughout the yield curve. This has created extraordinary challenges for the insurance industry, which relies heavily on high quality fixed income investments.
SSI Principal and Portfolio Manager, Ravi Malik, CFA, discusses the role Convertible bonds play in
SSI portfolio manager, Stephen Wachtel, CFA, examines the current opportunity set within the Convertible bond
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