Bonds

In the latest Conjecture debate, our panelists from Brown Shipley Funds, S&P Capital IQ and TwentyFour Asset Management discussed Strategic Bonds.

Janus Capital International, the international arm of Janus Capital Group, has appointed Matthew Nagele as head of UK for its European business.

M&G's Michael Riddell has put 10% of his International Sovereign Bond fund portfolio in Italian government bonds in anticipation of a fresh liquidity injection from the European Central Bank.

Spain has sunk further into recession, after official data showed its stricken economy shrank by 0.4% in the second quarter of this year.

Sales of UK-listed funds have fallen to their lowest level this year, the Investment Management Association (IMA) has revealed.

There are no longer any risk-free assets for investors to buy, after a spike in the price of a range of government bond safe-havens, Franklin Templeton's fixed income star Michael Hasenstab has said.

Investment bank Citigroup has forecast a 90% chance Greece will leave the euro in the next 12 to 18 months.

J.P. Morgan's Nick Gartside and Barings' Alan Wilde have warned the UK's AAA-status is at risk of downgrade following the shock contraction in the second quarter's GDP.

M&G is to explore ways to slow inflows into Richard Woolnough's £6.3bn Corporate Bond and £5bn Strategic Corporate Bond funds.

Schroders' head of UK and European credit Adam Cordery has left the firm.