Fixed Income Research Services
from Research Optimus

Our high-impact research address global political events and insightful analysis of changes in the central bank and fiscal policy changes to facilitate timely adjustments to fixed income investment strategies.

Our team of fixed income research experts can help investors adjust geographic asset allocation by providing detailed insights into emerging markets such as Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China).

Depending on client communication preferences, we can deliver daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly analyses that address market trends, events, and regulatory changes impacting fixed-income investments.

Our research team can help banks, insurance companies, thrifts, and credit unions of all sizes to increase earnings while performing due diligence and managing interest rate risks.

We can provide reports based on technical indicators such as trend lines and trading patterns that can impact fixed income market movements in bonds, convertibles, yield curves, and spreads.

We maintain strong working relationships with government officials and senior-level corporate decision-makers that contribute to original research and insights impacting buy-side and sell-side investment decisions.

We provide global product research that encompasses the growing variety of new and hybrid fixed income instruments such as securitized products, alpha strategies, inflation-hedged products, and leveraged financial instruments.

We provide detailed studies for when clients need a more in-depth look at issues such as banks, financial regulation, and thematic research (like macro themes).

To support funding and lending strategies, we can develop future performance models that incorporate duration matching, stress tests, budget planning, capital structure analysis, cash flow modeling, sovereign, and corporate debt analysis, and rating forecasts.

By mining and analyzing massive amounts of data, our research team uncovers new investment ideas that often challenge traditional thought in a stagnant interest rate environment.

We provide customized fixed income research reports that address specialized needs and investment goals.

Our credit rating analysis is focused on the rationale behind the ratings provided by Moody's, Fitch, and Standard and Poor's so that investors can make a more informed decision than is possible by simply following institutional advice from credit rating agencies.

We provide realistic convertible bond valuations that combine the fair value of the straight bond and the option (by conversion) value by using credit spreads, implied volatilities, and advanced forecast models that include key performance drivers.

We can efficiently provide thorough coverage of macroeconomic trends, global interest rates, sovereign debt, FX markets, and economic indicators in different countries.

Our experts constantly evaluate legal and regulatory requirements for assessing fixed-income opportunities in areas as diverse as industrialized western markets and emerging economies.

ROP can provide detailed surveillance and debt analysis regarding municipal bond issuers to give both sell-side and buy-side investors a clear understanding of risk and credit quality issues.

The fixed income experts of ROP can support your accounting team by providing current information about fixed income accounting regulations in different political jurisdictions.