Investment bonds
22 March 2012
As the volatility index trends downwards investors should be selling - not buying - risk assets, said Kames Capital's David Roberts and Phil Milburn as they warned the eurozone crisis will return to haunt markets.
02 March 2012
M&G's bond star Jim Leaviss, manager of a range of portfolios at the group, said the Greek 'default' witnessed this week has brought home some harsh truths for bond investors about the real value of their holdings during a crisis.
22 February 2012
Pictet Asset Management has launched a global government bond fund that will invest according to an issuer's fundamentals rather than by region.
17 February 2012
Trillions of dollars in fake US bonds have been seized from a warehouse in Zurich alleviating a "severe threat" to global financial security, according to media reports.
31 January 2012
European banks could seek up to €1trn in extra funding from the European Central Bank's (ECB) emergency funding scheme in the February auction.
11 January 2012
Kames Capital's fixed income team has said quantitative easing in Europe is a must in order to prevent Germany losing its AAA rating.
20 December 2011
Invesco Perpetual's Paul Causer and Paul Read have admitted banking exposure has hurt the performance of their £334m Tactical Bond fund, but are sticking with the positions.
16 December 2011
The world's largest bond fund, run by Bill Gross, has seen outflows of $17bn over the past year - a time when bond funds as an asset class have seen net inflows.
29 November 2011
Last month equity funds in the IMA sectors saw their largest monthly outflow since October 2008, the peak of the financial crisis.
28 October 2011
Stephen Snowden has upped risk on the Kames Investment Grade Bond fund by "aggressively" increasing exposure to banks and topping up high yield on the view the bottom of the market has already been reached.
18 October 2011
HSBC's Azim Meghji has joined Santander Asset Management as head of credit and manager of the £977m Sterling Corporate Bond fund.
12 September 2011
Christine Johnson, the manager of the Old Mutual Dynamic Bond fund, argues corporate bonds are valued at levels investors could breakeven in almost any circumstance seen in recent memory, including the meltdown of 2008-2009.
08 September 2011
Bondholders who lost money in the Icelandic banking crash are poised for a legal battle with UK councils to renew their right to claim back £5bn they lost, the Telegraph has reported.
08 September 2011
AXA Investment Managers has expanded its suite of bond funds with the addition of the Europe Short Duration High Yield fund.
22 June 2011
Nick Gartside, international chief investment officer for global fixed income at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, separates the best asset classes from the worst within the global bond market.
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