The Bank of England has made a £5.5bn full-year loss on the assets bought under its quantitative easing (QE) programme to prop up the battered UK economy.
Bond managers have largely dismissed Friday's highly-anticipated European bank stress tests as a non-event, with the markets similarly showing a muted response in early trading.
Energy bonds lead corporate debt returns this month after receiving a boost from BP temporarily sealing the leaking Macondo oil well.
Widespread chaos has been predicted in the bond markets as the world's three largest ratings agencies said their ratings could not be used in any marketing material.
After just passing the halfway mark of 2010, M&G's bond team has found performance in fixed interest markets this year has not necessarily reflected the amount of credit risk an investor is willing to take.
Gravis Capital Partners, which is set to create UK's first listed debt infrastructure fund, says it is likely to complete a successful IPO.
Some parts of the high yield bond market do not have all the default risk priced in, warns Invesco Perpetual's Paul Read.
Newton's Paul Brain is building up his exposure to the renminbi on expectations it will continue to appreciate against the US dollar.
High yield bonds have been receiving an annual income in the region of 10% and all indications are this will continue, writes Marlborough's Paul Reed