This webcast will explore a framework for incorporating Nontraditional Bond Funds in building better fixed income solutions for clients. Whether pairing Intermediate Bond (Core / Core Plus) Funds with Nontraditional Bond Funds or exploring fixed income portfolios having strategic allocations to fixed income plus sectors such as High Yield, Bank Loans and Emerging Markets, Nontraditional Bond Funds can serve as an important diversifier and complement in fixed income allocations.

 Participants will gain an understanding of:
•Structuring a framework for identifying how to implement Unconstrained Fixed Income into client portfolios
•Utilize Sharpe Ratios and Correlation Analysis to identify appropriate allocations
•The impact from manager selection between top quartile funds relative to the broad fund category
•Key issues to consider when customizing your framework
•Thinking about Unconstrained Fixed Income beyond duration diversification
•Evaluating different approaches to implement across client portfolios

Unconstrained Fixed Income: How Does it Fit?

Join this 1-on-1, 25-minute interview with an expert discussing in-depth insights during an industry event. This interview will have a special focus on unconstrained fixed income, including:

- Fixed Income strategies and the “taper tantrum”
- Evaluating risk in Unconstrained Strategies. 
- How advisors should think about their fixed income line-up. 
- Variances of performance dispersion among unconstrained managers.  
+ more!

Ask the Expert: Unconstrained Fixed Income

In the US, on October 30th, 2019, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the third time in 2019, and left the future uncertain regarding whether if or when another cut would happen. Meanwhile, Europe is reluctantly admitting to symptoms of Japanification, a term to describe the demographic, economic and monetary trends that has occurred in Japan over the last 25 years. 

This panel will discuss:
- How investors can use Fixed Income effectively in this environment
- What market may show similar symptoms in the future
- Possibilities for a reversion of interest rates

Speakers:
Brian Ross, CEO, Flyer (moderator)
Matthew Bartolini, CFA Head of SPDR Americas Research, State Street Global Advisors
Michael Arone, CFA Chief Investment Strategist, State Street Global Advisors
Brett Cornwell, CFA, Client Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income, Voya Investment Management

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