Since 1971, Western Asset Management Company has provided global fixed-income investment management services for a wide variety of clients. Our long term, fundamental value approach utilizes our extensive research and risk management capabilities and seeks to provide superior returns for our clients.
Headquartered in Pasadena, California, Western Asset’s global presence includes offices in New York, London, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Melbourne, São Paulo and Zurich.
Fixed-Income Asset Management, Financial Services, and Institutional Investing
In October, real consumer spending experienced a modest increase of 0.1%, largely driven by higher spending on health care services. At the same time, personal income grew by 0.7%, which might have...
This week we review market moves as municipal bond supply recovered from US election outcomes and digested potential changes to federal and state tax policy.
Western Asset responds to investors’ growing demand for customized fixed-income portfolios that break free of benchmark constraints, allowing for better alignment with each client’s risk tolerance...
Retail sales saw a 0.4% boost in October, but the more stable control sales measure dipped by 0.1%, showing mixed results possibly influenced by recent hurricanes.
The fall IMF and World Bank meetings offered valuable insights into the resilience and investment opportunities in frontier markets, highlighting structural uncertainties and evolving global macroe...
The US Consumer Report Card for 3Q24 shows a brighter outlook with an overall grade of B+, thanks to better job market data and strong spending, even though things have cooled a bit from the pandem...
Muni yields surged in October, driven by record-high municipal supply, robust demand, consistently low default rates and attractive after-tax yield benefits compared to taxable bonds.
Western Asset CIO Michael Buchanan discusses how Trump’s re-election is likely to impact the bond market due to changes in economic policies, including tax cuts, deregulation and protectionist trad...
The Fed cut rates by 25 bps today and concluded that future monetary policy decisions will be guided by incoming inflation and labor market data, with expectations of continued progress towards the...
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