Investing in Non-Traditional Fixed Income 2014

Key Topics

• The Harsh Realities of Current Traditional Fixed Income Investments: How Can Investors and Managers Respond Accordingly?
• Investors Speak-Out: Investors’ Outlook on Non-Traditional Fixed Income Investments: Is 7.5% a Reasonable Return Expectation? How Can Investors Meet their Fixed Income Investment Challenges?
• Scrutinizing the Effectiveness of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index: Is it Highly Sensitive to Interest Rate Movement?
• Taking a Close Look at a Liability Beta Portfolio
• How Does High Yield Debt Fare in Today’s Environment? Not All High-Yield Bonds are Created the Same!
• Taking A Close Look at the Risks Affiliated with Non-Traditional Fixed Income: Are You Doubling-Down on Some Risk?
• Emerging Market & Frontier Debt: What’s Driving Sharp Growth?
• Floating Rate Bond Strategies: Finding a Balance Between Mitigating Interest Rates & Acquiring Too Much Credit Risk
• Unconstrained Bond Strategies: Alternative Fixed Income Chicken Soup - - Pros & Cons
• Investing in Distressed and Defaulted Debt
• Structured CDOs/CLOs: Market Update & Realistic Investment Opportunities
• Unraveling the Pros & Cons of Convertible Bonds, MLPs, Preferred Stock, & REITs as Popular Fixed Income Alternatives
• Opportunities in the Global Credit Markets
• A Comprehensive Credit Hedge Fund vs. Liquid Alternative Comparison

Who should Attend

Attendess from Pension Funds, Endowments and Foundations, including:

• Directors/Heads of Fixed Income
• Chief Investment Officers
• Pension Consultants and Actuaries
• Asset Allocation and Asset-Liability Management Professionals
• Hedge Fund Managers
• Fixed Income Investment Managers