Bonds

The latest addition to Schroders' bond team has been adding Spanish government bonds across several portfolios in the view Spain is too big to fail.

AXA IM is looking to launch a Universal Inflation Bond fund and an Emerging Market Short Duration fund this year as it extends its fixed income range.

Billionaire hedge fund boss John Paulson has revealed to investors he is shorting European sovereign bonds.

Greece has fallen out of a list of the top ten riskiest sovereign credits after restructuring its debt, but a number of other sovereigns are still at risk, new research has revealed.

In the latest Conjecture debate, our panelists from Aviva Investors, Legg Mason, Rathbone Unit Trust Management and S&P Capital IQ discussed Strategic Bonds.

Threadneedle is reorganising its fixed income department with the creation of a global macroeconomic strategy group as EMD head Richard House departs the group.

European markets have paused for breath in early trading after yesterday's heavy sell off, as contagion fears in the eurozone resurfaced.

The former New Star duo running boutique Querns Asset Managers have renamed their first offering from the business and changed its investment objective.

Paul Read, fund manager at Invesco Perpetual, has urged investors keen to buy into financials to focus on the debt offered by banks and their peers, rather than snap up shares in the companies.

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