Investors don't understand global fixed income, ignoring advisors

Retail investors are missing out on global diversification of their portfolios--in spite of advisors recommending that a clients portfolio contain some global fixed-income securities.

By Marlene Y. Satter | Updated on February 04, 2016

Investors are passing up opportunities in the global fixed-income market because they don’t really understand how those investments work.

That’s according to a new survey from BNY Mellon Investment Management, which found that 70 percent of retail investors hold no global fixed-income investments, and 62 percent don’t see global fixed income as important. As a result, they’re missing out on global diversification in that segment of their portfolios.

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