Top-performing corporate bonds win out over gloomy predictions

Peer group contradicts death knell calls by outperforming UK All Companies and UK Equity Income sectors

Their performance in 2011 has shown the death of corporate bonds has been much exaggerated. The investment grade-focused £ Corporate Bond sector may not have matched the racier £ High Yield sector, which is the top performing of any sector year to date, but it is still ahead of the UK All Companies and UK Equity Income sectors. This is in spite of some dire predictions for the corporate bond market in the face of rising inflation, a run of strong performance and some weakening of investor interest. That said, there has been disparity in performance across the sector. The top fund over...