Shorter versus longer-dated bonds - is there a role for both in scheme portfolios?

Bruno Bamberger says the decision between strategies isn’t clean cut

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Bruno Bamberger is senior solutions strategist at Axa Investment Managers
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Bruno Bamberger is senior solutions strategist at Axa Investment Managers

Despite the recent retracement in yield levels, money market and short-dated (one-to-five-year) bond yields are near the highest they have been since the end of the 2008/2009 global financial crisis.

Institutional investors may understandably be tempted to allocate more to these strategies - not just because of their attractiveness versus recent levels, but also because they can offer an equal ...

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