Bank of England

'Dangerous situation' as prices reach record high

First rate cut last month

Fund managers are employing a number of strategies to guard against rising inflation, but argue better value can be found outside the UK index-linked market as demand soars.

At its August meeting, the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) halved the bank rate to 0.25% in addition to implementing a new Term Funding Structure and a purchase of up to £70bn UK corporate and government bonds.

Scott Ingham, investment director at Heartwood Investment Management, looks at the optimal risk/return approach to investing in bonds at a time when yields are unsustainably low

Does not rule out further rate cuts

Key announcements over the break

Bonds investors seeking opportunities across the globe

First it was the stockmarket and now it is household spending: financial and economic trends are defiantly failing to develop as predicted.

Political risk is on the rise, warns Miton's Anthony Rayner, with economic stagnation and voter dissatisfaction unlikely to disappear any time soon.