US treasuries have seen their worst start to a year since 2003 as investors grow more confident over the strength of the US and global economies.
Invesco Perpetual is launching a Global Financial Capital fund, managed by co-heads of fixed income Paul Causer and Paul Read alongside CIO Nick Mustoe, to tap into long term structural reform of the financials sector.
Thames River has hired UBS head of credit trading Brett Golledge as part of a revamp of its credit team which will also see COO Chris Currington and manager Mehrdad Noorani leave the business.
Kames Capital's fixed income team has said quantitative easing in Europe is a must in order to prevent Germany losing its AAA rating.
PIMCO has confirmed it will launch a low-cost tracker version of the PIMCO Total Return fund for US investors on 1 March.
The UK has sold £700m of long-dated index-linked gilts for a negative real yield of 0.116%, the lowest level ever recorded.