Investments

For the first time in a decade, the metric also rose in the nine months to Dec. 31 across all segments — including equities, macro and spread products.

Interest in CLO ETFs, an asset class that's only been around since 2018, is picking up, with the number of funds doubling since August to a total of 24.

Leading up to President Donald Trump's April 2 deadline on levies, the options traders prefer to own exposure to US government debt due in five years.

A rise in U.S. Treasury yields from very low levels in 2020, has resulted in diminished debt affordability, with interest payments-to-revenue hitting about 30% by 2035.

The bonds are tied to rights to collect mortgage payments, known as mortgage servicing rights, and it's only the second such deal that's non-recourse.

For bond investors who'd been piling into Treasuries over recent weeks, Wednesday's Fed policy announcement offered vindication.

Portfolio managers should consider choosing CLOs and ABS over corporate credit and agency MBS over Treasuries in 2025, says asset manager Janus Henderson.

Money-market funds with cash to invest are doing more repo — extending overnight credit to owners of Treasuries, causing the rates on the loans to decline.

Bankers' surveys of commercial clients have found that corporate decision-makers are less concerned about adverse tariff effects than nervous investors.

Now the structured mortgage securities are cheap enough that CLO investors are watching them more closely, according to strategists and investors.