Bonds

BONDS

In the latest Big Debate, our panelists from TwentyFour Asset Management and Brown Shipley discuss the new risks and opportunities facing bond investors.

Royal London Asset Management is to extend its fixed income capabilities with the launch of three short duration funds for Paul Rayner, Craig Inches and Sajiv Vaid, Investment Week can reveal.

RWC managers Peter Allwright and Stuart Frost have left the company and their Cautious Absolute Rate and Currency fund has been put under review by the group.

UBS head of fixed income capability Simon Foster is considering moving assets in to mortgage backed securities (MBS) as fears over the potential end of quantitative easing (QE) weigh heavy on investors.

Legal & General Investment Management is looking to boost its fund range with a number of new launches, starting with a bond index tracker.

ING IM has made a number of new appointments to its emerging market debt (EMD) team.

As detailed in the last issue of Investment Week the June sell-off, notable for a rise in correlations across asset classes, caused a lot of problems for funds that rely on diversification to flourish.

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