Bonds

Mirabaud Asset Management has recruited Fatima Luis has joined Mirabaud Asset Management as a senior high yield specialist to work alongside recent hire Andrew Lake.

AXA IM's global head of fixed income Theo Zemek has warned bond markets are becoming increasingly unpredictable and says investors "should not touch" long-dated debt of any variety.

Stephen Snowden of Kames Capital on why investors should be wary of retail bonds, risks from certain kinds of innovation in the bond industry and why equity managers are enjoying some bond-bashing.

The high yield market has got a little ahead of itself, leaving the outlook for the rest of the year looking less rosy, says M&G's Stefan Isaacs.

ING IM has hired a new head of emerging market debt(EMD) from Aviva Investors.

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Standard Life Investments (SLI) is looking to convertibles for returns in its £106m Strategic Bond fund as investment grade opportunities diminish.

Investec Asset Management has launched an offshore version of John Stopford's Global Diversified Income fund.

Kames Capital is planning to launch an "aggressive" rates fund to prepare for an eventual increase in interest rates on government bonds.

Banks in the eurozone periphery face years of misery trying to shift bad debt, according to Old Mutual Global Investors'(OMGI) Christine Johnson.