Western Asset manager Ryan Brist expects a lot of risk in the corporates market in 2013-14, as banks pare risky lending practices and opportunities to enter or exit the bond market shrink.
Morningstar's Eric Jacobson responds to reader concerns about fixed income in the current low-rate environment, touching on duration, whether to sell holdings, the idea of moving into cash, and more.
Portfolio Solutions' Rick Ferri expects stocks to return 7% and bonds to yield 2% during the next decade, and he also offers tips on how investors should handle their fixed-income positions.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch saw record new financial benefit plan assets in last year as it plans to strengthen that growth with a bigger push into the investment bank in 2013.