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Overseas investors may abandon gilts in the run-up to the vote on Scottish independence, with volatility likely to jump as uncertainty increases.

Retailer Hotel Chocolat has announced a second issuance of its retail bond, with returns paid out to investors in chocolate instead of cash.

With developed world inflation hovering around the 1%-2% mark, Smith & Williamson's Chris Lynas explores the potential impact on bond markets.

Kames Capital CEO Martin Davis talks to Anna Fedorova about Scottish independence, rebranding, and the group's plans to diversify away from the fixed income space.

Bond investors have expressed concerns over "aggressive" terms and conditions that are increasingly being imposed by issuers of floating rate loans.

Aberdeen Asset Management has promoted Siddharth Dahiya to the newly created position of head of emerging market corporate debt following the departure of Esther Chan from the group.

Salman Ahmed on Bonds

Fixed income managers Paul Thursby and Peter Geikie-Cobb are to leave F&C later this year.

Some of the UK's biggest bond and absolute return funds are shorting short-dated government bonds and buying into long-dated debt in what is being dubbed the ‘curve flattener' trade.