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Product UpdatesProducts & Solutions

Release Notes: Improve Flexibility in Optimizing Portfolios and Visibility into Account Information

Explore IMTC’s latest product developments including improvements to our portfolio Optimizer, a new integration with the Salesforce CRM, and enhanced filtering capabilities.
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Powell Be Nimble, Powell Be Quick

At this week’s FOMC meeting, Federal Reserve Chair Powell cemented the first of a series of rate hikes will begin in March. Between the geopolitical situation in the Ukraine, political situation in…
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Bat Out of Hell

As we mourn the passing of Texas-born, 70s rock singer, Michael Lee Aday – better known as Meat Loaf – investors are mourning the loss of their two main guideposts: The Fed and the U.S. Federal…
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: That Was Fast – Rates Higher

Minutes from the FOMC meeting in December showed a much more aggressive stance towards unwinding stimulus in the coming month, leaving fixed income investors to reprice their expectations for rate…
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InsightsBond Markets

The 2022 Outlook for Fixed Income

In our view, the outlook for bond investors in 2022 is dominated by the inflation story. We emphasize the importance of understanding the key components that are likely to impact inflation in the…
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Rapid Progress

Federal Reserve Chairman Powell and the FOMC sped up the tapering process and introduced potentially three rate hikes into 2022 to stem off inflation. The question on investors’ minds is whether…
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Pow Pow(ell)

Better jobs data and worse inflation data push the Fed to accelerate tapering as the market prices in an earlier hike in 2022.
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Double Pivot

The Powell/Yellen show was in full effect this week – front running the next Fed meeting to avoid the ongoing debate around the “transitory” nature of inflation.
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Take Rates “Easy On Me,” FOMC

As Adele released her much-anticipated 30 album, fixed income investors are hoping to avoid similar emotional trauma she went through in her breakup as Powell and the FOMC begin to remove the Fed’s…