The worry of inheritance tax has been casting a shadow over the estates of the moderately wealthy

With no apparent likelihood of moving to an exchange-traded system, the main problem with bond fund performance figures is the need to improve disclosures

It is working and the MPC should go further if necessary

As the trend towards multi-manager/fund has gathered pace, there has been a premium on experienced teams with the ‘skills' to run these types of mandates. Perhaps the answer is a multi-multi/manager of manager of manager facility?

Corporate bonds are far more complex than most investors realise and in order to choose the best one, both the type of bond and how you access the asset class need to be taken into account

A year on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers and this is being marked as the anniversary of the credit crunch in common parlance, even though the reality was this single day was only part of the rebalancing of financial markets and economies, which...

AXA Distribution managers Marwood and Walsh give the outlook for equity and bond markets

With the Keydata debacle, have investors' concerns switched from counterparty to provider risk?

Award-winning manager keeps it simple, liquid and transparent to rank first in Specialist Bond group

I am not going to beat around the bush when it comes to investment trusts and closed-end funds listed on the main market, I love the overall concept and structure. And on most counts I would always pick a listed fund over a wrap platform unit trust.