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Asset Class - Fixed Income
An Introduction
Fixed income is a broad sector that includes:
(1) Government Bonds
(2) Corporate Bonds
(3) Other financial instruments that provide a fixed level of income.
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All the above are debt instruments.
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Fixed income payments may or may not be paid in the form of interest. Some debt instruments are considered to be highly secured while others may offer little or no security at the time of issue or at some later date.
Fixed income investments often have a fixed maturity date, but some don't. Those that don't include a perpetual variety that puts the issuer under no obligation to return capital as long as they continue to make the interest (coupon) payments that are due to the (fixed income) bondholders.
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Fixed Income and Workplace Pensions​
Millions of individuals have holdings in fixed income through Workplace Pensions, such as NEST.
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The Nest Guided Retirement Fund has a spread of different types of fixed-income holding, in addtion to some exposure to other types of investment. (Click the link, above, to see more.)
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Information about UK Government Debt can be found from the link to the United Kingdom Government Debt Office, below:
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Perhaps you can guess which Nest sector screen applies to the above?