Invesco Perpetual is launching a Global Financial Capital fund, managed by co-heads of fixed income Paul Causer and Paul Read alongside CIO Nick Mustoe, to tap into long term structural reform of the financials sector.
Investment Week |
19 Jan 2012
Thames River has hired UBS head of credit trading Brett Golledge as part of a revamp of its credit team which will also see COO Chris Currington and manager Mehrdad Noorani leave the business.
Investment Week |
13 Jan 2012
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.
Investment Week |
20 Dec 2011
Legg Mason Asset Management has unveiled its $34m Brandywine Global Opportunistic Fixed Income fund to the UK market.
Investment Week |
12 Dec 2011
Insurance giant Friends Life has hired the former LV= fixed income team to run portfolios at its new asset management business.
Investment Week |
12 Dec 2011
Lloyds Banking Group has offered to exchange £4.9bn of its outstanding bonds in order to raise new capital.
Investment Week |
02 Dec 2011
Italy has been forced to pay record interest rates in a 10bn euro ($13bn; £9bn) auction of treasury bills.
Investment Week |
25 Nov 2011
The search for income has become increasingly difficult in a world of slashed dividends and low interest rates. However, Gary Potter, co-manager of the Thames River multi-manager range, has been looking for alternative sources of income less correlated to market movements.
Investment Week |
24 Nov 2011
The euro weakened this morning as the cost of insuring French bonds climbed to a record, Spanish yields rose and european equities retreated for a second day.
Investment Week |
15 Nov 2011
Fidelity’s asset allocation director Trevor Greetham has bought Italian government debt at the margin in his multi-asset portfolios in expectation of ECB intervention, after yields spiked to record highs.
Investment Week |
09 Nov 2011
Standard Life Investments' (SLI) Andrew Sutherland has revamped the £87m Strategic Bond fund by significantly raising his high yield exposure from 15% to 50%.
Investment Week |
31 Oct 2011
PIMCO's Bill Gross, manager of the world's biggest bond fund, has apologised to his investors for a "stinker" of a year after failing to anticipate the fear driving markets since the summer.
Investment Week |
17 Oct 2011
