BlackRock launches total return bond fund for fixed income duo

Managers of the Corporate Bond fund

BlackRock has launched a total return bond fund for the group's £413m Corporate Bond manager Ben Edwards to run with sterling bond manager Simon Blundell.

The group had been planning to launch the product for some time, as Investment Week reported earlier this year. The BlackRock Sterling Strategic Bond fund will seek income in global fixed income markets, while maintaining a UK bias and is not constrained to any specific benchmark. Managed by Edwards (pictured) and Blundell, the fund will have core holdings in sterling-denominated corporate bonds but with the flexibility to source income from across the entire fixed income universe including allocations to emerging markets and high yield. Ex-AXA IM fixed income head Zemek joins Blac...