CFA UK Fixed Income Pathway - Fixed income overview (1 of 4)

Tuesday 14 April 2026 | 13:00 - 13:50 | Webinar

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Join us for an engaging and insightful webinar designed to unpack fixed income markets and asset classes. This webinar will examines the principal market participants, the broad spectrum of instruments available, and places today’s markets in historical context.

You'll walk through the key players shaping the market, the diverse range of instruments available, and how today’s environment compares with historical trends. You’ll gain a practical grasp of essential risk and return drivers such as convexity, carry, and yield‑based forecasting, while uncovering what makes credit returns behave differently from equities.

The webinar also takes a strategic lens, examining how fixed income assets interact within multi‑asset portfolios, including correlation patterns, factor exposures, and liquidity considerations. To wrap up, we’ll break down implementation best practices and discuss benchmark design, as well as the evolving debate around active versus passive approaches across rates and credit markets.

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify the major fixed income market participants and describe the spectrum of instruments and their risk characteristics under different macroeconomic conditions
• Explain key return drivers in fixed income, including carry, yield-based return prediction and credit return skew
• Assess the role of fixed income assets in multi-asset portfolios, including correlation benefits and factor exposures
• Evaluate the considerations for active versus passive investing across rates and credit markets

Who should attend: 
Investment managers, credit research analysts and members in their first years

You can also book on to the other thee events in the series:

CFA UK Fixed Income Pathway - Rates (2 of 4): 28 April 2026 CFA UK Fixed Income Pathway - Credit (3 of 4): 06 May 2026 CFA UK Fixed Income Pathway - Private debt (4 of 4): 19 May 2026

Registration: 12:55
Event: 13:00 - 14:00

Speakers:
Renato Prieto, CFA, CAIA, Fixed Income Research Content Manager, Bloomberg Intelligence
Renato Prieto joined Bloomberg Intelligence in 2023 as a Research Content Analyst for Global FICC. During his over 10 year sell-side Credit career mostly at Bank of America, he was exposed to a wide range of investment strategies – from insurance mandates to alternative asset managers  and he seeks to capitalise on that experience to foster multifaceted debate. Renato is a CFA and CAIA Charterholder.

Hardik Pankaj Rathod, CFA , Account Manager, Bloomberg Indices
Hardik Pankaj Rathod, CFA is an Account Manager at Bloomberg Indices, covering UK ERM and Emerging Market clients, where he delivers index solutions with a focus on benchmarking and product development. He has several years of experience within Bloomberg’s index business, partnering with clients on index design, commercialisation, and client engagement. Prior to Bloomberg, Hardik spent over 7 years in private banking and wealth management, and has worked across London, Singapore, and Dubai.