Spectrum Asset Management is a world-leading manager of preferred securities, with over US$17.6 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2014. Spectrum was founded in 1987 and has been a wholly owned and independently run affiliate of Principal Global Investors, a member of the Principal Financial Group®, since 2001. Spectrum has a team of eighteen dedicated investment professionals and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.
Spectrum manages portfolios of preferred securities for an international universe of corporate, pension fund, insurance and endowment clients, open-end and closed-end mutual funds domiciled in the United States, Ireland and Japan, and separately managed account programs for high net worth individual investors sponsored by a variety of broker-dealers.
Spectrum has produced a record of strong performance by consistently implementing its fundamental credit-based investment philosophy, leveraging its expertise in capital structure analysis and employing and retaining its experienced team of investment professionals. |
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January 26, 2015
Greece's Government Changes Hands, As Expected
January 26, 2015
European QE: Implications For Banks
January 23, 2015
ECB's QE Program Better Late Than Never
December 8, 2014
Oil Price Drop: No Major Fundamental Concerns for Banks
October 27, 2014
ECB's Bank Stress Test: No Major Fundamental Concerns
September 30, 2014
S&P Bank Hybrid Ratings Revisions - Not a Credit Event
September 4, 2014
Latest ECB Policy Decisions
September 4, 2014
Scottish Referendum
July 2, 2014
BNP Paribas Settles With US Authorities
June 11, 2014
US SIFI Insurance Regulatory Developments
June 9, 2014
Bermuda Reinsurance Field Trip Notes
May 21, 2014
European Economic Update
April 4, 2014
Important Developments in UK Insurance
March 27, 2014
Commentary on the Fed's Stress Test and CCAR Results
March 10, 2014
European Economic Growth On Pace
December 23, 2013
Final Volcker Rule Is Manageable For US Banks
September 23, 2013
Eurozone Takes First Step Toward Banking Union
September 5, 2013
Verizon Agrees to Purchase Remaining Verizon Wireless Stake
August 29, 2013
Is The European Recession Over?
August 26, 2013
Resilient Credit Fundamentals Support Preferred Securities
July 3, 2013
S&P Downgrades Investment Banks
June 3, 2013
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - Dead GSEs Walking?
April 18, 2013
Latest Rating Agency Changes Have Immaterial Impact On Preferreds
March 18, 2013
Cyprus Bailout: Unique But A Precedent Nonetheless
March 18, 2013
US Bank Stress Tests: Good News
March 14, 2013
The Netherlands
March 12, 2013
Italian Uncertainty
January 8, 2013
Basel 3 Liquidity Rules Changes - Positive For Banks
November 29, 2012
British Banks Encouraged to Further Boost Capital
November 9, 2012
US Regulators Delay Basel III Global Bank Capital Rules
November 6, 2012
Hurricane Sandy is Manageable for Insurance Industry
October 26, 2012
Spectrum's Comments in Support of the REIT Structure as Tier 1 Capital for US Banking Entities
October 25, 2012
EU to Consider a Delay in Basel III Capital Regulation
October 10, 2012
French Bank Update
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