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Fundamentalne indeksowanie na rynku instrumentów o stałym dochodzie
Fundamental Indexing on the Fixed Income Market

Author(s): Tomasz Miziołek
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Economic policy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: fundamental indexing; fixed income instruments; exchange-traded funds;

Summary/Abstract: Fundamental indexing on the fixed income market is an alternative to traditional – using market capitalisation – method of weighting bonds in the index portfolio. It involves the determination of weights for individual debt securities based on fundamental factors that show the potential ability to service debt and creditworthiness of issuers – companies or states. Indices of this kind have been running since recently and are used by comparatively few financial institutions, but their significance is expected to grow because – as the research shows – they generally offer higher returns and risk-adjusted performance

  • Issue Year: LI/2017
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 211-219
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish