Bonds

With equity markets reaching five-year lows and demographic changes likely to lead to an increasing demand for income, the property market looks set to benefit as investors look for greater security and higher yields

By Anna Lees-Jones, manager of the M&G Corporate Bond Fund In today's turbulent financial market...

Equity market weakness drove falls in balanced pooled funds during the second quarter of 2002, accor...

Following the dramatic falls in equity markets over the past three years, accounting scandals and problems with zeros, confidence in stock markets is poor and low-risk investments such as gilts and money market funds look set to benefit

There is little to support a pessimistic global outlook as economic news remains consistent with rec...

A study of the recent history of corporate bonds shows they can offer investors a more attractive risk-return profile than gilts and provide more stable long-term returns than equities ' particularly in falling markets

manager scoops awards for outstanding achievement and uk growth manager of the year at iw's fund manager of the year awards

While most active fund managers measure risk relative to a benchmark, for investors, outperforming a benchmark by 1% or 2% when the value of the market has fallen by 10% offers very little comfort

Assessing the direction of UK gilt yields over the past five years has required a mixture of skil...

Like other market participants, we expect inflation to remain low and the world economy to continue ...