Marlene K. Puffer

Land of Bonds

Navigating global gixed income opportunities. The recent epidemic that started with U.S. subprime and infected all major financial markets has taken a particularly devastating toll on money markets and fixed income credit in Canada and abroad. Portfolios holding more than their benchmark weight in corporate bonds have suffered from poor performance. But skilled managers now […]

  • October 1, 2007 September 13, 2019
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Back to basics

An overview of fixed income products and new trends. Ask some Canadian plan sponsors about the value that bonds add to a pension portfolio and you might get the following response: “Bond managers don’t add much value, so there’s not much to be gained by paying attention to that part of our portfolio. Besides, I […]

  • September 1, 2006 September 13, 2019
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