Credit quality and trends to drive bonds

clock

By George Luckraft, manager of Framlington's UK Income funds Through the first half of this year ma...

By George Luckraft, manager of Framlington's UK Income funds Through the first half of this year many of the world's major economies continued to see sluggish growth. Initially, confidence was affected by the international bickering in the run up to the conflict in Iraq. The split between the hawks and the doves continues to this day with the failure to find weapons of mass destruction undermining much of the justification from the hawks. Corporate spending decisions were deferred due to these uncertainties. By an unfortunate coincidence, just as some clarity was beginning to be ...

To continue reading this article...

Join Investment Week for free

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the investment industry, including the Sustainable Hub covering fund news from the ESG space
  • Get ahead of regulatory and technological changes affecting fund management
  • Important and breaking news stories selected by the editors delivered straight to your inbox each day
  • Weekly members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from leading industry experts
  • Be the first to hear about our extensive events schedule and awards programmes

Join now

 

Already an Investment Week
member?

Login

More on Investment

Almost half of UK investors using social media for financial advice

Almost half of UK investors using social media for financial advice

Many sources 'unregulated and unverified’

Sorin Dojan
clock 23 June 2025 • 2 min read
Investment Week reveals winners of Fund Manager of the Year Awards 2025

Investment Week reveals winners of Fund Manager of the Year Awards 2025

Celebrating 30th anniversary of Investment Week

Katrina Lloyd
clock 20 June 2025 • 6 min read
Partner Insight: A full spectrum of 'sustainability focus' labelled funds

Partner Insight: A full spectrum of 'sustainability focus' labelled funds

Piers Hillier and Ed Venner, Royal London Asset Management
clock 20 June 2025 • 4 min read
Trustpilot