Bonds

The GLG Global Corporate Bond fund began its life as a different incarnation - the SG International Bond fund, part of the retail fund range of Société Générale Asset Management.

ON BONDS

Artemis Strategic Bond fund manager James Foster has increased his short position on gilts following Tuesday's stronger than expected UK growth figures.

Pimco's Bill Gross, manager of the world's largest bond fund, says quantitative easing has called an end to the 30-year bull market in bonds and labels current monetary policy as a ‘Ponzi scheme'.

The launch of the M&G Inflation Linked Corporate Bond fund is already making waves in the fixed income markets, as potential issuers approach the group with plans to enter the space.

The Federal Reserve is set to embark on a programme of measured quantitative easing next week, avoiding the ‘shock and awe' system used during the financial crisis.

Gilt yields have spiked strongly today after the UK recorded twice the expected growth in the third quarter.

Standard Life Investments is planning to launch a fixed income version of its popular Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) fund.

Ignis head of credit portfolio management Chris Bowie has liquidated more than £250m of subordinated financial debt across the group's bond portfolios.

AXA Investment Manager's Richard Marwood has taken his Distribution fund's allocation to index-linked bonds to an all-time high on the belief inflation is unlikely to fall.