Deep Dive: Governments' 'lack of financial discipline' could upset bonds' positive outlook

Positive outlook on the asset class

Eve Maddock-Jones
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Fixed income, and bonds in particular, are “set to deliver some of the best returns investors have seen for a long time”, according to Raymond Sagayam, CIO fixed income Pictet Asset Management.

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