Bonds

Natixis Global Asset Management has launched its first offering under a newly set up OEIC umbrella, the Loomis Sayles Strategic Income fund, as part of the group's plans to make more funds available to the UK retail market.

GLG's strategic bond fund manager Jon Mawby has warned investors to be wary of exposing their cash to interest-rate sensitive bonds such as gilts amid a surge in demand for protection.

THE BIQ QUESTION

The ‘great rotation' out of fixed income and into equities is pushing funds' assets towards maximum capacity, which could result in top-performing funds soft-closing in the coming months.

Germany's AAA credit rating will come under increasing scrutiny this year as investors shift their focus, according to Cosimo Marasciulo, head of government bonds and FX at Pioneer Investments.

PIMCO has made its global multi-sector bond strategy available to UK retail investors for the first time.

Liontrust's new Global Strategic Bond fund will avoid corporate bonds and favour emerging market government debt and currencies.

Fixed income remains popular with investors despite a very recent shift towards equities, but which bonds currently pose the greatest risk to investors?

ON BONDS

The SWIP Absolute Return Bond fund received a significant boost in Q4 from exposure to the European periphery, such as Italy and Spain.