Bond markets' 'addiction' to low rates will 'not be left unsatisfied' for a year or more

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Following the unprecedented falls across all financial markets in recent weeks, the safest government bond markets have had to become cash vaults for fund allocators trying to raise the liquidity needed to plug the fast-growing holes left by the equity, corporate bond and commodity sell-offs.

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