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As information moves faster, and advisers and product providers identify market trends more quickly, investors have to be quick to catch the nano-second before an exciting opportunity and considered strategy becomes a bubble.

Chris Bowie has moved a third of the £290m Ignis Corporate Bond into defensive fixed income instruments on renewed concerns for the domestic and global economy.

Pimco managing director Bill Gross, who in January said gilts were "resting on a bed of nitroglycerin", now believes the UK is "decently positioned" to escape its debt crisis.

Co-heads of fixed interest at Invesco Perpetual discuss the outlook for bonds and their plans for the newest addition to their fund stable

Sarasin's John Godley has started buying long-dated gilts believing prices are nearing a bottom.

The recovery we have seen has been based on a more positive outlook for the global economy.

The Debt Management Office plans to increase issuance of longer dated conventional and index-linked gilts in the coming financial year in response to strong structural demand.

Aberdeen Asset Management is planning to launch a UK-domiciled version of its $373.6m Emerging Markets Bond Sicav.

John Husselbee's North Investment Partners has constructed its own structured note to effectively short government bonds across the manager's range of multi-manager funds.

Thesis Asset Management's Michael Lally is planning to add emerging market and mortgage-backed debt to his £13.7m Optima Bond fund.