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Mind the (Asset-Liability) Gap… Building Flexible Multi-Sector Portfolios

An active core fixed income model can help insurers manage changing business conditions when unexpected macro volatility hits.

April 23, 2024

Fixed Income Perspectives

Rate Cuts Delayed, but Not Derailed

April 23, 2024

Fixed Income Perspectives

Bond Investors Get a Second Shot at Elevated Yields

March 26, 2024

Featured Webinar

Insurance Themes

April 25, 2024, 4:00 - 5:00PM ET

| 60 minutes

Jeffrey Hobbs, CFA

Head of Insurance Portfolio Management

The sharp sell-off in interest rates has created attractive investment opportunities for insurance investors, but liquidity strains across the industry have constrained investment flows. With public spread premia at tight levels, accessing private market credit can drive attractive incremental investment returns.

Join Voya IM’s Head of Insurance Portfolio Management, Jeff Hobbs, as he breaks down the key themes in the insurance market and shares why Voya believes a flexible approach to portfolio construction has met enterprise liquidity needs, while growing earnings, managing income volatility, and controlling risk.

Add Event to Outlook

Jeffrey Hobbs, CFA

Head of Insurance Portfolio Management

Library

Q&A: Liquidity in Commercial Mortgage Loans

September 28, 2023

Commercial mortgage loans (CMLs) have a track record of strong, differentiated returns that have made them an effective way to diversify institutional fixed income portfolios. Given the historical frictions in CML transactions, many investors assume the asset class is illiquid. However, technologies and platforms to connect buyers and sellers have improved significantly since the 2008 financial crisis. The resulting liquidity has made it easier for institutional investors to access CMLs in a broader range of investment vehicles, including pooled accounts such as collective investment trusts.

Short-Duration High Income Bonds as a Defensive Building Block

September 22, 2023

Portfolio manager Jim Dudnick discusses how, where and when to consider short-duration high yield bonds.

Back to School, Back to Bonds

September 15, 2023

Is now the time to reduce the cash allocation in your portfolio? History shows that the best entry points for bonds are often before the Fed starts cutting rates.

Moody’s Downgrade of U.S. Regional Banks Doesn’t Detract from Our Cautious Optimism

August 17, 2023

We aren’t overly concerned about U.S. regional bank debt despite Moody’s ratings actions

Fitch Downgrade More Barbie than Oppenheimer

August 2, 2023

The ratings cut on U.S. Treasuries presents an uncomfortable reality about the United States’ long-term fiscal stability, but it’s not a doomsday scenario.

Voya Enhanced Long Duration Government/Credit: A Five-Year Track Record to Celebrate

July 31, 2023

The Voya Enhanced Long Duration Government/Credit (ELGC) Strategy celebrated its fifth anniversary in March 2023. We explore what makes ELGC stand out.

Five Things to Watch in Securitized Credit

July 21, 2023

The forecast for securitized credit has turned notably brighter in recent months, even as the dark cloud of offices continues to cast a long shadow.

LDI Quarterly Update: 2Q23

June 30, 2023

Funded status for U.S. pension plans improved in 2Q by over five percentage points...

Using FHLBs for Insurance Portfolio Management to Drive Risk-Adjusted Returns

June 8, 2023

Adding durable, low-cost external leverage to lower-volatility assets via the FHLB system can be an attractive way to enhance risk-adjusted return potential versus owning higher-volatility assets with more embedded leverage directly on insurance company balance sheets.

Structural Advantages of Active Management in Core Fixed Income Strategies

May 23, 2023

Experienced active managers can capitalize on opportunities that fall outside their benchmarks and can manage unwanted concentrations. This has historically resulted in relatively high success rates in generating alpha.

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