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