Strategic bonds
13 April 2012
In the latest Conjecture debate, our panelists from Aviva Investors, Legg Mason, Rathbone Unit Trust Management and S&P Capital IQ discussed Strategic Bonds.
04 April 2012
GLG’s Christophe Akel is stepping down from his role as manager of the group’s corporate and strategic bond funds for personal reasons.
19 March 2012
A fund manager’s age does have an effect on whether they should outperform, with those in their early 40s most likely to beat their peers, according to research from Scottish Widows Investment Partnership’s(SWIP) multi-manager team.
30 January 2012
Bond heavyweights have begun shorting UK gilts ahead of an expected correction, warning yields have reached ‘extreme’ lows.
27 January 2012
Old Mutual Asset Managers’ Stewart Cowley has run the group’s £568m Global Strategic Bond fund since joining the company from Newton Investment Management in June 2009.
27 January 2012
In a short video update, Henderson's head of retail fixed income John Pattullo says there is a virtuous circle building in credit markets, explains what has driven January's huge market rally, and argues Portuguese bondholders can expect a haircut.
16 January 2012
First State’s Martin Lau has beaten stars including Invesco Perpetual’s Neil Woodford and Neptune’s Robin Geffen to see his Greater China Growth fund ranked the most consistent performer over the three years to the end of 2011.
05 January 2012
City Financial has overhauled its Strategic Global Bond fund, changing the manager and giving the vehicle a wider investment remit.
12 December 2011
We have lived on debt, debt and more debt. We have all been complicit, governments, banks, producers, retailers, consumers. Now we have to pay it back.
02 December 2011
In the latest Conjecture debate, our panelists from Rathbone Unit Trust Management and TwentyFour Asset Management discussed Strategic Bonds.
31 October 2011
Bullish move by Standard Life Investments manager to profit from poor investor sentiment towards the space.
17 October 2011
Working in financial markets is currently like living in a hall of mirrors. Things which logic suggests should fall, rise. Things which ought to loom large appear small. It is hard not to wonder if things that presently seem overwhelming will not in due course be seen as mere way-stations.
14 October 2011
In 1977, Steven Spielberg directed Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The movie offered a sympathetic portrayal of a rendezvous with aliens and a subtext that swiped at government intervention.
03 October 2011
Rathbones Strategic Bond plans to split assets between direct investments and underlying managers.
03 October 2011
Fidelity manager prepares to add to corporate debt of winning companies with pricing power.
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