Bonds
Equities
Throughout 2002 bond investors preferred the relative safety of government bonds, but as signs emerge that investor confidence in stock markets may be returning we could see a reversal of this trend
10 February 2003
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Equities
firms diversifying out of equities to meet solvency requirements may push index even lower
10 February 2003
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UK
When making a risk assessment of a company's debt, it is cashflow rather than earnings that is crucial because it is the source of the coupons paid out to investors
03 February 2003
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Bonds
The UK real estate sector has delivered its third consecutive year of outperformance for the first t...
03 February 2003
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Equities
With interest rates low and inflation under control, investors can expect the decent yields they have been getting from the fixed-interest market over the past three years to continue
03 February 2003
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Bonds
The fallout from the bubble has yet to work its way out of the system. This year is likely to be ch...
03 February 2003
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Managed funds
by focusing on lower end investments, britannic corporate bond is one of the best performing funds in the sector over a three-year period
03 February 2003
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Bonds
After witnessing three years of falling stock markets, investors are justifiably asking whether equi...
03 February 2003
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Bonds
While the corporate bond sector has outperformed equities in recent years, the asset class is still exposed to market volatility and stockpicking is key to beating the market as a whole
03 February 2003
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Bonds
Over the past three years, defensive and value stocks have helped equity income portfolios outperform but there are signs funds are becoming overexposed to such stocks at the expense of growth companies
03 February 2003
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