LVAM is mulling the launch of a strategic bond fund to add to its fixed interest range.
Ignis is planning to launch a strategic bond fund for head of credit portfolio management Chris Bowie.
HSBC Global Asset Management has launched two emerging market debt funds for its latest hire Guillermo Osses, head of GEM portfolio management.
The Strategic Bond sector was the most popular with retail investors in 2010 but sales of equity funds also soared to a 10 year high, according to the IMA.
Blacksquare Capital's chief executive Christopher Peel gives his outlook for gilts and bonds this year.
Sovereign credit risk and a rise in interest rates could threaten the credit market by impacting the cost of funding companies and eroding the value of bonds, says Julie Lamirel at Axa Investment Managers.
Fears of a bubble forming in bond markets are misplaced, say fixed income veterans Paul Causer and Paul Read, managers of Invesco Perpetual's £6bn Corporate Bond fund.
Lombard Odier Investment Managers has launched an actively-managed bond fund, investing across a range of BBB and BB-rated European corporate bonds.