fixed income

Invesco has appointed Asia Pacific fixed income CIO Ken Hu as manager of the fixed income portion of its $1.1bn Invesco Asia Balanced fund, following the departure of manager Frankie Tai.

Chris Iggo (pictured), CIO fixed income at AXA Investment Managers, discusses the main issues for fixed income investors as Greece reaches a deal with its creditors.

BlackRock has published a paper proposing a raft of reforms for regulators and asset managers to address the growing problems with liquidity in the bond market.

Kevin Corrigan, head of fundamental fixed income at Lombard Odier Investment Managers, explains how conventional market cap indices often leave bond investors exposed to the countries and companies that are borrowing the most.

M&G fixed income manager Mike Riddell is to leave the firm he joined in 2003 in order to pursue another opportunity.

Giles Parkinson, analyst on Artemis' £977m Artemis Strategic Assets fund, is to leave the group after resigning his position.

Hermes has appointed Patrick Marshall as head of private debt and CLOs, as it looks to develop its offering in the area.

Invesco Perpetual has hired a dealer and two analysts to work alongside heads of fixed interest Paul Causer and Paul Read.

Fixed income funds saw their first net outflows since January 2014 last month, according to the Investment Association's (IA) latest figures.

AXA Investment Managers has hired two senior members to its EMD team as its head of emerging markets fixed income Damien Buchet departs.