Young fundpicker: Strategic bond funds - a useful tool for client portfolios?

Several fund pick options

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While most investment funds have their own ‘niche’ within an asset class, strategic bond funds are broad in nature.

Their versatility comes from being able to invest across the entire fixed income spectrum. Typically, their main objective is to generate an attractive capital return, but some also aim to provide income. With this broad responsibility, it is important that lead portfolio managers have deep knowledge of FI markets and experience navigating previous market cycles. Young fundpicker: U-turn on the Great Wall of China We also want to see a wealth of knowledge from the wider research team, an ability to harness the benefits of top-down and bottom-up analysis, and a willingness to, at ti...

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