"Bond tourists" investing in dividend-paying stocks are causing concern for UK equity income managers, who predict increased volatility as debt starts to sell off.
BlackRock has appointed Rachel Lord from Citigroup as new head of iShares in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) to replace Joe Linhares as he returns to the US.
The FTSE 100 will soar past its record high to reach 8,000 by the end of 2014, according to analysts at Citigroup.
Bond managers have been steadily increasing the use of credit default swaps (CDS) in their portfolios as liquidity issues which emerged in the corporate bond space last year continue to plague the sector.
Fund managers are starting to buy back into UK-listed large-cap miners, seeing valuations as too good to refuse as wider sentiment on the sector hits a "decade low".