![]() Joran Laird Sector Head of Global Insurance, National Australia Bank Limited (at time of writing) Joran Laird is a global fixed income portfolio specialist in T. Rowe Price's Fixed Income Division. Previously, he worked for AllianceBernstein as a fixed income portfolio manager. Prior to that, he worked at the National Bank of New Zealand as a risk analyst and Treasury dealer. Joran holds an M.Com. (first-class honours) in economics from the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the CFA® designation.
JORAN LAIRD | SUNDAY, 29 MAY 2022 Many fixed income investors have been asking about the implications of rising interest rates. While the Fed initially saw the emergence of post-coronavirus pandemic inflation as transitory, the increase in prices has been far more persistent than it ... Read more PAGE: 1 |
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