gilts

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.

Royal London's Craig Inches says fears of a dramatic and prolonged spike in gilt yields are unfounded.

Axa Ethical Distribution fund manager Richard Marwood has added to financial stocks this month and offloaded almost all traditional gilts on concerns of inflation.

To what extent does Japan still merit its place in your portfolio?

The world is moving past the high-watermark for abundant savings with fewer asset bubbles but with increases in risk premia, according to the latest Barclays Equity Gilt study.

Whether markets will be able to absorb the huge government debt issuance that will be forthcoming once the Bank of England's quantitative easing programme ends is a hot topic at the moment.