Ariel Bezalel has been adding gold mining debt to the £1.5bn Jupiter Strategic Bond fund, in expectation the gold spot price could hit as much as $3,000 per troy ounce in the next 12-24 months.
Philip Milburn, manager of the £1.5bn Kames High Yield Bond fund, is avoiding taking on extra risk in his portfolio this year, as he does not expect the extra yield on offer from CCC-rated bonds will be sufficient to make up for the default risk.
Aberdeen has launched a Strategic Bond fund for its London-based global credit team.
Economists are speculating the outgoing Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, will greenlight one more round of quantitative easing before he steps down in June.
The Bank of England's latest thoughts on introducing negative interest rates to encourage higher lending from banks are 'somewhat schizophrenic', a leading economist has said.
Schroders is preparing to launch a global bond product for Bob Jolly, the firm's head of global macro.
Graham Glass has joined City Financial to spearhead the group's fixed income operations, as the firm looks to build up its product range in this area.
Mirabaud Asset Management's head of convertible bond management, Renaud Martin, outlines a guide to navigating an interesting area of the bond market which has historically been little understood by investors.