corporate bonds

Gartmore head of multi-management Tony Lanning has added the BlackRock European Dynamic fund to his portfolios, reducing his long-term underweight in the region.

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Corporate bond fund managers have been forced to build high cash positions in their portfolios after new issuance from European companies dried up over the past month.

Asset backed securities (ABS) are presently the most attractive section of the corporate bond market, according to Royal London's Sajiv Vaid.

Querns Asset Managers founders Phil Roantree and Stephen Whittaker have revealed plans for the next two funds to be launched through their start-up boutique.

Alliance Trust's new corporate bond fund is set to launch with half its holdings in senior bank debt.

Vanguard is to adopt float-adjusted benchmarks across nine of its bond index funds.

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Premier's Paul Smith has taken his funds' high-yield exposure to its highest ever level on an improved outlook for corporates.