BlackRock's Edwards: The best place to be right now is here at home in the sterling market

Refocusing on sterling

Jayna Rana
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BlackRock's Ben Edwards, manager of the £564m Corporate Bond fund and co-manager of the £48m Sterling Strategic bond fund, tells Jayna Rana which 'stars need to align' before the Bank of England can embark on a proper rate rise cycle and whether the 35-year bond bull market has much further to run.

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