Bonds

ING Investment Management is set to unveil a Euro Covered Bond fund aiming to offer investors low risk access to the European corporate bond market from issuers including banks.

Canny investors should have heeded the "clear signal" to buy equities in December, as they are set to rise despite the threat of a bear market in bonds, said Investec's Max King.

Kames Capital's investment grade bond managers Stephen Snowden and John McNeill have accused regulators of making the credit crunch even worse by imposing too many restrictions on banks too soon after the financial crisis.

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.