The Big Debate: Risks and opportunities facing bond investors

Click here to listen to this debate on demand The restructuring of the Co-op brought a new problem for bond holders – bail-in risk. What does this growing trend mean for investors in bond funds, particularly strategic bond funds? It is not a new risk – it already happened in the Netherlands with Dutch bank SNS, and of course it happened in Cyprus - but how do investors factor this into their decision about which bond funds to hold? Are there certain parts of the fixed income market where bail-in risk is greater? What does the emergence of new forms of capital structure mean? Does t...