Bonds

100 YEARS OF DEBT

The longest losing streak for 10-year US treasuries since 2006, coupled with a marked rise in other ‘safe haven' bond yields, poses some difficult questions for bond investors.

Schroders' corporate bond manager Adam Cordery expects fund managers will typically hold an average 10% in cash in the future, as liquidity in the market dries up.

M&G bond manager Mike Riddell and his team have taken exposure to global index-linked bonds to their highest ever levels in the view inflation risks have not been priced into the market.

BNY Mellon has launched an Emerging Markets Corporate Debt fund to tap into what it sees as the next major structural development in emerging market investing.

THE GREEK 'DEFAULT'

PIMCO's Bill Gross is moving from the offensive to the defensive as he calls time on the ‘total return' strategy he has pursued over the past three decades.

Fidelity Worldwide Investment has expanded its bond fund range with the launch of a global high yield fund for managers Ian Spreadbury and Peter Khan.

The latest round of quantitiative easing is a threat to future economic growth in the UK, Fidelity's bond star Ian Spreadbury has warned.

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