fixed income

Lawrence Gosling with head of fixed income Rod Davidson

Former BlueCrest manager Emrah Kagitcibasi has joined Pictet Asset Management's London office as part of its emerging market debt (EMD) team.

Global fund managers have warned corporate bonds are the most overvalued they have ever been and are at risk of a sell-off, while liquidity conditions are getting worse.

Investec Asset Management's John Stopford has begun hedging US equity exposure in his Diversified Income fund, despite this part of the portfolio being the most significant contributor to performance last year.

The number of stocks in the FTSE All Share yielding more than 10-year UK government debt reached a record high this year, but managers have still been able to find relative value in fixed income.

Kames Capital has cut the annual management charge on Stephen Snowden's (pictured) Investment Grade Global Bond Fund in an effort to align its with European peers.

Sanlam Private Investment has rebranded to become Sanlam Private Wealth, the same as its parent company in South Africa.

Baring Asset Management has converted its Global Bond Trust into a more flexible Strategic Bond fund and handed it to new manager Guy Dunham.

If aliens knocked on my front door, having read pre-Millennium economic theory books, they would be scratching their frontal lobes with dismay.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Aviva Investors £17.6m for failings in how it managed conflicts of interest.