Focus on Performance
WestLB offers professional investors a broad range of fixed income investment alternatives. Please find below a selection of traded products:
Government Bonds
Active trading in bonds issued by the Federal Republic of Germany as well as European States (EU 12)
Pfandbriefe & Covered Bonds
Market making, quotations for clients and extensive credit research regarding German Jumbo Covered Bonds and European Covered Bonds
Corporate Bonds
Active trading in corporate bonds with a particular focus on European issuers as well as frequent credit research reports
Emerging Markets Bonds
Active trading in Emerging Markets bonds with particular focus on candidates to become members of the European Union plus detailed research reports
Asset Backed Securities
Structuring, placement and trading of Asset Backed Securities
Credit Derivatives
Structuring, placement and trading of credit derivatives (incl. Credit Default Swaps, Total Return Swaps, Credit Linked Notes and Collateralised Debt Obligations)
Interest Rate & Currency Derivatives
Trading in all derivative products such as swaps, swaptions, Caps and floors in all important currencies as well as particular focus on individually structured solutions
Funding & Private Placements
WestLB AG benchmark issues and floaters as well as active trading in the secondary markets