Not exact matches
Granted its a small field
of investable assets, but these products (to a varying degree) deliver a big
part of what an investor wants: predictable returns guaranteed to enhance the value
of their savings after inflation
Akash Jain is
part of the Global Research & Design group at S&P Dow Jones Indices, which is responsible for conceptualizing and developing new
investable index - based products across different
asset classes.
For the most
part, it is a trying time for investors, especially for those retirees who live off
of their
investable assets, with fairly flat to negative returns from global equity markets while bond and dividend yields remain painfully dismal.
«Because many agents are new or
part - time and have sporadic income, we feel tying the qualifying requirements to
investable assets would offer more opportunity than the number
of annual sales or annual income,» he says.