Bloomberg for Credit: Buyside Portfolio Risk Solutions
The past two years have been profitable for fixed income investments, and with a strong start to 2025 for primary issuance, the markets appear set for another solid year. Despite this, assessing risks and pivoting portfolios to specific investment horizons may be more important than ever, in the light of new macro-economic challenges and political turmoil.
Join Bloomberg's credit specialist Rene Foertsch to explore our Buyside Portfolio Risk Solutions including:
Join Bloomberg's credit specialist Rene Foertsch to explore our Buyside Portfolio Risk Solutions including:
- Returns and expectations in the fixed income markets
- Top-down macro analysis: Country -> Industry/rating -> Issuer view
- Bloomberg benchmarks
- Portfolio analysis: Benchmarking/tracking error, attribution, performance, VaR and scenarios
Speakers

Rene Foertsch
Credit Market Specialist
Bloomberg
Rene is a 18 year Bloomberg “veteran” and over his career always focused on the DACH Fixed Income markets. With Risk and Valuation topics as a main area of interest, prior to joining Bloomberg's Market specialist group Rene was part of the Bloomberg Risk System (MARS) Sales force. Rene is a CFA charter holder and holds master’s degrees in Macro-Economics and Mathematical Finance.