Bonds

Slow growth in emerging economies and weaker currencies are opening up investment opportunities for emerging market debt, according to Mary-Therese Barton, senior investment manager, emerging market debt at Pictet Asset Management

Global fund managers have warned corporate bonds are the most overvalued they have ever been and are at risk of a sell-off, while liquidity conditions are getting worse.

The FTSE 100 has hit a fresh record high after the US Federal Reserve signalled renewed caution on its path towards raising interest rates from their record lows.

Three themes driving global markets

Scott Service, global bond manager at Loomis, Sayles & Company, explains why reduced liquidity for corporate bonds and a 'plethora' of new regulations has forced the team to lower risk levels on portfolios.

ETF provider iShares has temporarily cut fees on its ultra-short bond range in response to client demand for cash alternatives.

The FTSE 100 has fallen back below the 6,900 mark after a stronger than expected US jobs report on Friday caused investors to fret once again about the prospect of a US rate hike this year.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is looking to issue its first ever euro-denominated bond, according to reports.

If aliens knocked on my front door, having read pre-Millennium economic theory books, they would be scratching their frontal lobes with dismay.

Like Investment Week, the fixed interest team at Invesco Perpetual is celebrating 20 years since they began to manage money. Here, the group's fixed interest team give an overview of running a bond fund through two decades of change.