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GCC’s fixed income market set to grow By Saudi Gazette Staff

May 5, 2009
GCC’s fixed income market set to grow
By Saudi Gazette Staff

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We now believe the time and depth of the market has changed to a point where Fixed Income funds will be at the forefront of institutional demand,” he added.

The fact that fixed income assets guarantee a coupon, or interest bearing element, and the return of the original investment, as long as the bond does not default, as well as the more stable liquidity of the market, makes this asset class increasingly attractive to investors seeking exposure to a relatively more secure investment opportunity,” Popat added.
 

Fixed Income Looking Good

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Below are highlights from ( Wall Street's World turned upside down ) by By Jeff Benjamin

Stock mutual funds, as a percentage of U.S. mutual fund assets, dropped to 40% in March from 55% a year earlier, according to Strategic Insight Mutual Fund Research and Consulting LLC in New York. Over the same period, money market fund assets climbed to 41%, from 30%, and assets in fixed-income strategies jumped to 19%, from 15%.

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