Browsing: Investing

Pension funds are moving into catastrophe bond funds as reinsurance tightens and spreads rise. Here’s what the risk architecture actually looks like.

Shipping container leasing funds offer hard asset backing, contracted yields, and low equity correlation – drawing quiet attention from infrastructure-hungry institutional allocators.

Life settlement funds turn secondhand insurance policies into yield-generating assets uncorrelated to markets. Here’s how the asset class works and who it suits.

Inflation floor bonds, which protect against deflation by guaranteeing minimum principal, are drawing renewed interest from liability-driven allocators as deflation risk quietly rises.

Inflation-linked Series I bonds are drawing renewed attention from cautious retail investors seeking reliable, low-maintenance protection against purchasing power erosion.

Compliance-driven institutional buyers are quietly turning to carbon credit forward contracts to lock in future costs as cap-and-trade deadlines tighten globally.

Putable corporate bonds are drawing renewed attention from institutional allocators seeking downside protection in an uncertain rate environment. Here is how they work and why now.

Farmland REITs are drawing institutional capital as inflation-hedging tools, combining hard asset backing with lease income tied to commodity price levels.

Covered call ETFs are drawing serious boomer capital as retirees trade upside potential for income and reduced volatility. Here’s why the trade-off makes sense now.

Tobacco bond residuals – deeply subordinated muni securities backed by cigarette settlement payments – are attracting distressed yield buyers drawn by steep discounts and tax-exempt income.