Fixed Income ETFs Meet General Accounts

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 AT 2:000 PM ET

Growth of ETF assets in general accounts is outpacing the growth in total general account assets—and while insurance companies have been quicker to adopt equity ETFs than they’ve been to adopt their fixed income counterparts, recent changes in regulations could shift the tide. 

Topics will include:

• The benefits of using fixed income ETFs vs. individual bonds and trading differences between the two
• How ETFs account for bond market illiquidity, bond maturities, new cash flows, and corporate actions
• The fundamentals of fixed income indices and the mechanics of creating a fixed income ETF