Global Investment Research

FBG is committed to providing its private clients with access to a wide range of global, independent research products comprising macro, stock, bond and forex analysis.

As an External Asset Manager with Credit Suisse, we also provide access to leading global equity, fixed income, economic and other forms of investment research to our clients.

Excellence in equity and fixed income research is a hallmark. Through our global affiliations, equity research analysts provide in-depth coverage of over 2,500 companies and engage in a knowledge-sharing, value added culture that has yielded the most insightful product for our customers and tremendous competitive results. Additionally, powerful macro-economic and debt strategy teams integrate comprehensive company research with keen market perspectives of the ever-shifting investment terrain.

The core strengths of our research include intense company and business model analysis, global thinking, and customized client service.

The strength and success of this research starts with research professionals acting alone and as a true team in an environment which fosters intellectual curiosity, thought leadership, diversity, dignity, and respect.

Equity Research
Our vision for equity research is to be our customers' first call. To meet this goal, analysts excel at differentiated information gathering, value added information processing, superior investment recommendations, and unrivalled customer service

Credit Suisse thought leading equity research also includes extensive data resources, analytical frameworks, and methodologies that leverage the firm's global platform and also challenge our analysts to continuously improve and customize their product for our institutional customers.

Fixed Income Research
The experience, knowledge and commitment to serving the interests of our clients makes our arrangement with the Credit Suisse Fixed Income and Economics research one of the most innovative and insightful in the industry. Credit Suisse is particularly known for its excellence in global macro-economics, strategy, and foreign exchange, in both developed and emerging markets. In addition, the firm has pre-eminent global high yield research, US high grade, and securitized asset research.

First Bermuda Clients have access to a distinctive fixed income product line which also includes unique relative value research for U.S. Treasuries and other interest rate products, global securitized assets product, and a dedicated team for European high-grade research. The global high-grade credit strategy team we work with provides clients with credit portfolio strategies as well as analysis and forecasts of swaps and generic spread movements. We have access to outstanding credit strategy research for both high grade and high yield products.

Finally, we utilize a stream of innovative web-based Credit Suisse analytical tools providing technical analysis, evaluation of credit spreads and liquid bond indices. The foundation for these tools and technology continues to be the analyst's in-depth understanding of markets, companies, investment instruments and local, regional and global economies.