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WestLB Research provides the bank's clients with analysis, information and decision support within the complex universe of international money and capital markets. Our research team products follow best practice methods and are made available across various distribution channels to assist in business and investment decisions.
Fixed Income Analysis expertise covers liquid debt strategy, structured interest rates and credit products and strategic portfolio optimization:
- Debt Strategy: we produce regular publications ranging from a condensed "Morning Call" with short-term market views, through several weekly reports on money market, technical analysis, statistical arbitrage and relative value strategies up to our well-known "Bondletter" offering strategic yield curve recommendations.
- Structured products: we have an in-depth understanding of interest rate structures (multicallable, CMS-Spreads, TARNs etc.) as well as structured credit products (ABS, CDOs, CPDOs, CPPI, Indices etc.). We clearly explain to our clients the mechanisms, opportunities and risks linked to these financial innovations.
- Portfolio optimization: we advise on the use of structured products and other financial innovations to optimize portfolios within a strategic asset-liability management framework.
In addition we offer our clients free access to many quantitative models to forecast and simulate markets.
Credit Research blends fundamental credit analysis and bond market knowledge to advise our clients.