Ian Winship has joined BlackRock as a senior portfolio manager on its sterling fundamental fixed income team.
Pimco, the manager of the world's largest bond fund, has been selling down treasuries as it expects a second round of debt purchases by the Federal Reserve to have limited impact.
The yield available on European sub-investment grade debt has fallen to a two-year low as the default rate on the Continent continues to run at almost zero.
As a confident and bold young investor in the Square Mile, Richard Buxton once wagered all of his life savings on the UK cutting interest rates.
M&G's Richard Woolnough has dismissed growing concerns of a bubble in corporate bond markets, saying credit is still priced for a recessionary environment.
International investors are buying record amounts of gilts on expectations of further Bank of England quantitative easing.