TARA has replaced TINA. This opens up new possibilities for the composition of asset allocation.

In recent years, the acronym TINA – "there is no alternative” – has dominated financial markets. In the meantime, the wind has changed. Now it’s time for TARA: “There are reasonable alternatives”. In investment portfolios, the cards are being reshuffled. In the latest video in our “Fixed Income Pulse Check” series, Daniel Rempfler, Head of Rates & Emerging Markets, explains which bonds are attractive in the current environment and why.

Daniel Rempfler, Head of Rates & Emerging Markets, explains which bonds are attractive in the current environment.

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