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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Positive investor sentiment buoys yields
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U.S. Treasury yields rose last week as investor sentiment improved, led by longer maturities. After a soft start due to weak U.S. manufacturing data and geopolitical concerns, market sentiment was boosted by improved prospects for Brexit and a sense of easing tensions in Hong Kong and U.S./China trade talks.
Retirement
Helping Millennial Women Close the Retirement Savings Gap
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Recent data show that the retirement savings of millennial and baby boomer women continue to lag behind their male peers.
Client Life Events
Asset Transfer and Legacy Planning
As you prepare for the greatest wealth transfer in history, deepening client relationships across generations will be essential to the long-term health of your business. Discover insights on family dynamics and a tool to help you develop a strategy for key clients.
Retirement
next: Millennial magnet - Attract and retain the largest generation in the U.S. workforce
In our second issue of next, we discuss how some of the factors may affect your role as a fiduciary in building effective retirement plans, including the effect changing interest rates may have on target date funds.
Fixed Income Insights
Rx for high-SALT investors: municipal bonds
Municipal bonds can be beneficial, particularly in high-tax states.
Retirement
5 questions about securities lending in DC
Today, with new regulations and greater transparency since the financial crisis, securities lending activity has reached its highest level in a decade with more than $19 trillion in assets available for lending globally.
Retirement
Retirement saving: Save more or take more risk?
Defined contribution plan sponsors need to help their participants manage two significant challenges: building an appropriate asset allocation and ensuring sufficient savings.
Fixed Income Insights
Late Cycle Investing Part 3: Diversifying fixed income portfolios
This year has provided a wake-up call to fixed income investors that, yes, interest rates can rise and they can rise quickly. While the sharp increase in Treasury yields dented total returns on diversified fixed income portfolios, we believe it will still be possible to earn good returns over the next few years.