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Insurers look to profit from bond volatility

Hugo Cox
Insurance firms in Asia and elsewhere have moved to take advantage of pandemic-driven spread widening on both high yield and investment grade debt.
Insurers look to profit from bond volatility

Asian insurance firms, including tactical buyers in Taiwan, have been increasing their allocations to high yield bonds, and some have also been lengthening duration in their investment grade bond holdings amid coronavirus-related volatility, say fund managers.

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