Bonds

Jupiter Absolute Return fund manager Philip Gibbs has built up large short positions in US and German sovereign debt.

BlackRock's Daniel McKernan has joined Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (Swip) as head of European and UK credit within the fixed income team.

Many investment advisers tell their clients lending to governments is one of the safest things you can do.

IRELAND IN NEED

ON BONDS

The Bradford & Bingley Shareholders Action Group has hit out at the government's offer to exchange two perpetual subordinated bonds in the nationalised bank for a 3p premium to the current market value.

CARTOON BEARS ON QE

There is a one in three chance the Bank of England will announce a further raft of QE in its February Inflation Report, says J.P. Morgan's Bob Michele.

The debt position of Greece, officially Europe's most indebted country, is set to be to worse than previously expected this year.

M&G's Jim Leaviss believes investors need to learn to live with heightened volatility as the reappearance of the European debt problems highlights the fragility of the global economy.