The average strategic bond fund now holds less than half its assets in the UK, as managers "starved" of opportunities rotate into Europe, the US, and emerging market debt.
Growth-focused UK equity managers have joined their income peers in backing pharmaceuticals as deals both real and rumoured send shares rocketing.
Multi-managers are continuing to turn to commercial property as they seek to combine capital growth with new income streams.
THE BIG QUESTION: PART II
Fidelity Worldwide Investment's bond manager Ian Spreadbury has said his fund has lagged competitors in the last year because of his ongoing caution amid a move by peers to add equity-like risk to their portfolios.
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has moved to put pressure on rivals in the passive space with the launch of four low-cost index funds.