Bonds

Since Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke first raised the prospect of tapering on 22 May, bond funds have endured a torrid run, but some have coped much better than others.

Standard Life Investments has launched a short duration credit fund following the conversion of its existing Select Income fund.

Invesco Perpetual's Paul Read is maintaining high liquidity levels across all the group's bond funds at the start of this year as "difficult" markets persist.

The Investment Management Association has moved 25 funds into the newly launched Global Emerging Markets Bond sector, which went live on 31 December.

PIMCO's $244bn Total Return fund made its first annual loss since 1999 last year, as the sell-off in US treasuries and other fixed income asset classes took its toll.

M&G has appointed James Tomlins as co-manager of its £1.3bn High Yield Corporate Bond fund with immediate effect.

Pioneer Investments' head of European fixed income, Tanguy Le Saout, has identified four key fixed income themes for investors to watch in 2014.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management's global market strategist Kerry Craig outlines his key predictions for core asset classes, markets, and economies as we move in to 2014.

Jupiter's Rhys Petheram is to take over the fixed income portion of the group's £540m High Income fund from Ariel Bezalel next year.

Investec Asset Management's John Stopford, manager of the Diversified Growth fund, outlines his five themes for investing for income in 2014, including a cheap dollar, inflation disappointment, and opportunities in EMD.