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Wealth Management EDGE Podcast: The 2023 Midyear Bond Market Outlook With S&P’s Nicholas GodecWealth Management EDGE Podcast: The 2023 Midyear Bond Market Outlook With S&P’s Nicholas Godec

Where will markets go from here and how should advisors be thinking about the increasing number of opportunities in fixed income?

Mark Bruno, Managing Director, Wealth Management

July 13, 2023

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Fixed income markets have bounced back in 2023 after one of the most challenging years on record in 2022. Where will markets go from here and how should advisors be thinking about the increasing number of opportunities in fixed income?

Nicholas Godec, head of fixed income tradables at S&P Dow Jones Indices, sits down with Mark Bruno, managing director of Wealth Management, Informa Connect, to offer a review of the first half of 2023 and a look ahead to the second half of the year. Specifically, Nicholas and Mark discuss:

  • The most significant challenges and opportunities in fixed income year to date — and the biggest opportunities in H2 2023

  • How the evolution of the ETF industry optimized access to the fixed income markets

  • A large portion of ETF usage has been driven by institutional investors, so how will financial advisors follow in their footsteps?

  • In 2022, clearly the 60/40 portfolio offered little protection and we have seen more advisors exploring alternative investments than ever before. What is the role of the 60/40 portfolio in today’s market? More specifically, how should financial advisors be rethinking the 40%?

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About Our Guest:

Nick Godec is Head of Fixed Income Tradables at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). With extensive fixed income and credit market index experience, Nick leads S&P DJI’s global fixed income tradables business, which includes key investable indices in the global bond markets. Key tradable indices Nick covers include the CDX and iTraxx indices and CMBX, as well as tradable use cases of iBoxx indices, such as Standardized iBoxx Total Return Swaps and futures. Nick regularly publishes commentaries and white papers and speaks at webinars and conferences on key developments in the fixed income market.

Previously, Nick was a Product Manager at IHS Markit covering the company’s tradable indices, including OTC and exchange-listed derivatives and the development of indices for exchange-traded funds. Before joining IHS Markit, Nick was an index research analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, which is now a part of the Intercontinental Exchange.

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Mark Bruno

Managing Director, Wealth Management, Informa Connect

Mark Bruno is Managing Director, Wealth Management at Informa Connect. In his role, Mr. Bruno leads the company’s Wealth Management media and event properties, which currently consists of WealthManagement.com, Inside ETFs and Inside WealthStack. He is also charged with driving several innovative new community and advisor-based initiatives, including the launch of the new RIA Edge podcast, event and webcast series.

In addition, Mr. Bruno is overseeing strategic partnerships and acquisitions to accelerate Informa’s growth within the financial advisor and wealth management communities. Mr. Bruno brings over 20 years of experience in the wealth management and asset management industries to Informa, including prominent leadership roles in industry media, research, and consulting organizations.

Before joining Informa Connect, Mr. Bruno was a Managing Director at ECHELON Partners, where he provided investment banking, consulting and valuation services to wealth managers. Mr. Bruno specialized in helping RIAs with a range of strategic initiatives, and his areas of expertise include organizational design and assessments, compensation consulting and succession and continuity solutions.

Prior to joining ECHELON, Mr. Bruno was the Managing Director and Associate Publisher at InvestmentNews, where he was responsible for overseeing a wide range of businesses, including IN’s research, content strategy, digital, custom publishing and sales groups. Mr. Bruno was with InvestmentNews for 12 years and helped establish the company as the leading B2B media brand in the wealth management industry. He played an integral role in the sale of InvestmentNews from Crain Communication to Bonhill Plc in 2018.

Mr. Bruno is an award-winning journalist, author and researcher who has written and edited for a number of financial publications over the past two decades, including InvestmentNews, Financial Week, Pensions & Investments and U.S. Banker. Mr. Bruno has also been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes and the Chicago Tribune for his expertise in wealth and investment management. Mr. Bruno has received numerous accolades for his writing and reporting, including the American Business Media's prestigious Jesse H. Neal Award, and for his breaking news coverage and analysis of the financial services industry by The Society of American Business Editors and Writers. Mr. Bruno is the author of Save Now or Die Trying: Achieving Long-Term Wealth In Your 20s and 30s, one of the top-selling retirement planning books of 2007.