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Listen in as David Bodamer sits down with Karen Veraa, Head of iShares US Fixed Income Strategy to discuss fixed income ETFs. Karen shares insights on navigating the current market complexities, from managing the impacts of inflation to exploring strategic investment avenues.

Karen focuses on:

• Current state and future prospects of fixed income markets
• Insights into fixed income ETFs and their role in today's investment strategies
• The concept of bond rating and its benefits to investors
• Navigating market expectations and the role of the Federal Reserve
• And more

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About our guest:

Karen Veraa, CFA, is a Fixed Income Product Strategist within BlackRock's Global Fixed Income Group, focused on iShares Fixed Income ETFs. She focuses on supporting iShares clients, generating content on the fixed income and ETF markets, developing new iShares fixed income ETF strategies and partnering with the iShares team on product delivery. She writes about fixed income ETFs and trends in that sector.

Much of Lawrence's career has focused on the intersection of finance and technology. At Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he worked for 17 years, he was a partner and managing director, most recently serving as co-head of the Global Banking Technology Group (part of the Investment Banking Division), focusing on all aspects of technology including Internet and e-commerce, software, services and hardware. He has also worked as a director of various digital and e-commerce businesses, as well as a number of acquisition vehicles.