The manager of Aviva's £1.6bn Corporate Bond fund has been reducing risk in the portfolio in the view bond markets will be affected by ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty.
Investors are continuing to pile into gilts as fears deepen that the global economy could be teetering on the brink of a double-dip recession.
The manager of the £163m Sarasin Sterling Bond fund is adding subordinated financial debt to the portfolio because he believes the assets are undervalued in light of Basel III.
M&G head of retail fixed income Jim Leaviss believes government bonds still offer value despite the yield on the 10-year gilt approaching historic lows last week.
Fast food giant McDonalds has become the first non-financial foreign company to issue a renminbi-denominated bond.
Invesco Perpetual star managers Paul Causer and Paul Read recently bought into Spanish and Italian bonds after seeing yields escalate during the European sovereign debt crisis.