corporate bonds

Newton's Paul Brain is to run a new offshore global bond fund for BNY Mellon Asset Management based on his flagship onshore fixed income product.

BlackRock is launching a Strategic Bond fund in the first quarter of next year for corporate bond manager Daniel McKernan.

SECTOR ANALYSIS

Henderson's Mark Harris has warned investors in fixed income funds will lose money over the next ten years.

UK EQUITY INCOME

Fund managers expect the Basel Committee's new rules on bank capital adequacy to have a major impact on financial sector debt and equity markets.

ON BONDS

Stefan Isaacs is taking over from Jim Leaviss as lead manager of the £1bn M&G High Yield Corporate Bond fund from 1 October.

M&G is launching what it believes to be the first inflation-linked corporate bond fund aimed at retail investors in the UK.

British corporate bonds beat global counterparts last month as investors gained confidence in the UK's economic recovery.