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The US fixed-income markets extended their positive trajectory into 2025’s final quarter. The Morningstar US Core Bond Index, a proxy for the US-dollar-denominated investment-grade bond market, ...

When I last wrote about municipal bonds, they were experiencing a bit of a rough patch. In the first half of 2025, the Morningstar US Municipal Bond Index logged a slightly negative total return. It ...

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While the overall catastrophe bond market saw issuance rising around 40% year-on-year in 2025, broking group Aon saw its activity supporting issuance of ...

With Fidelis Insurance Group having recently settled its eighth Herbie Re catastrophe bond issuance, Ian Houston, Chief Underwriting Officer explained ...