fixed income

Janus Capital has launched a Global Flexible Income fund for managers Gibson Smith, Darrell Watters and Chris Diaz.

Net retail sales for August plunged to their lowest level since October 2008, new IMA statistics show, dragged down by record outflows from the UK All Companies sector.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Alain Nsiona Defise has joined Pictet's fixed income team as head of emerging credit.

Fixed income managers have expressed concerns a new bubble may be forming in higher-rated corporate bonds as investors pile into the asset class.

Jon Mawby from ECM Asset Management has joined GLG to run its £166m Global Corporate Bond and £189m Global Strategic Bond funds.

Alliance Trust Investments (ATI) has unveiled the launch of an absolute return bond fund, aiming to deliver an annualised 6% total return over rolling three year periods.

EUROPE

China should attack the Japanese bond markets and cause a full-scale funding crisis, unless the latter nation reverses a decision to nationalise the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands, a senior advisor to the Chinese government said.

In the latest Big Debate, our panelists from Legg Mason Global Asset Management, S&P Capital IQ and TwentyFour Asset Management discussed Fixed Income.

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has hired BlackRock's Calum Smith to the newly-created role of head of global aggregate in its fixed income team.