BONDS NEWS
Investment Week | 10 Feb 2012
Owning gilts has made the single largest contribution to recent performance of the £761m Miton Special Situations fund, and there is more money to be made in the asset class, said manager Martin Gray.
Distinction Asset Management has converted its Cautious Return fund into a multi-manager absolute return portfolio, managed by Armstrong Investment Managers.
Investment Week | 09 Feb 2012
Colin Harte, co-manager of the Barings Global Bond Trust, has left the company after 12 years of service.
Investment Week | 08 Feb 2012
MORE BONDS NEWS
Barings' multi-asset team has bought £350m in Italian government bonds in the expectation European banks will use the ECB's Long Term Recovery Organisation (LTRO) to buy government debt.
Investment Week | 02 Feb 2012
Schroders’ Sonja Laud has warned investors are facing a global yield crisis, and she expects cash to flow out of government bonds and into equities in the hunt for dividends.
Investment Week | 24 Jan 2012
Ariel Bezalel, manager of the £593m Jupiter Strategic Bond fund, has opened his first ever short position in US treasuries, citing the opportunity for an asymmetric trade as the US economy recovers.
Investment Week | 23 Jan 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.
Investment Week | 11 Jan 2012
PIMCO has confirmed it will launch a low-cost tracker version of the PIMCO Total Return fund for US investors on 1 March.
Investment Week | 11 Jan 2012
The UK has sold £700m of long-dated index-linked gilts for a negative real yield of 0.116%, the lowest level ever recorded.
Investment Week | 10 Jan 2012
Franklin Templeton Investments' Michael Hasenstab has defended his Hungarian debt position amid reports the group owns 10% of the country's local bond market.
Investment Week | 06 Jan 2012
Europe's single currency reached a 15-month low against the dollar following a French bond auction this morning which saw almost all of the €8bn of debt targeted being sold.
Investment Week | 05 Jan 2012
Hungarian bond yields soared above 10% yesterday after the government cancelled a bond swap auction, increasing fears the country will be the first in the EU to default on its debt.
Investment Week | 05 Jan 2012
International investors are buying record amounts of UK government bonds as the Bank of England’s £75bn QE programme spurs demand, with the yield on the 10-year gilt hitting a new record low.
Investment Week | 05 Jan 2012
Developed economies will see $7.6trn worth of debt mature this year, with Italy towards the front of the refinancing queue at a time when its borrowing costs remain elevated.
Investment Week | 03 Jan 2012
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