Bonds

Nikko Asset Management has expanded its global fixed income team with the hire of fund manager Holger Mertens from Lazard.

Thomas Miller Investment has launched two new bond funds, as it continues to expand its onshore range.

Investment Week's sister title professionaladviser.com is pleased to announce the finalists for the 16th International Fund and Product Awards.

Ratings agency FundCalibre marks its first anniversary this week, and a look at the site's most popular portfolios hints at the investment trends making themselves felt so far in 2015 - and potentially in the months to follow.

Managers reveal their best contrarian trades

Aberdeen Asset Management has been hit with fresh outflows of £9.9bn in the three months to the end of June, as investors continued to reduce exposure to Asia and emerging market equities.

Why it's real (and can play havoc with portfolios)

Invesco Perpetual's fixed income team have said the sector faces "strong headwinds" for some time as summer volatility returns, and markets anticipate interest rate hikes.