Bonds

Changing role of health insurers

In the second part of our special feature, multi-asset managers explain their US positioning in the face of further market volatility as interest rate rises loom and the presidential election campaign enters its final months.

Next month, the European Central Bank (ECB) will begin buying European investment grade corporate bonds as part of its quantitative easing economic stimulus programme, writes Charles Schwab director Collin Martin.

Jon Curran, senior vice president credit at Standard Life Investments, explains why with a corporate leverage risk looming, picking the right bonds has become paramount in today's low yield environment

Serious hit between 2007 to 2009

Investec assets fall to £80m

Managers of the Corporate Bond fund

Await interest rate decision

Convertible bonds (CBs) are most effective at delivering you closer to your asset mix 'sweet spot' than you would be by guessing your equity/bond allocations, writes NN Investment Partners' Tarek Saber.

Increased focus on tobacco