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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.

This week's panel discuss the future of corporate bonds going into 2010

The UK economy is likely to have shrunk nearly 5% in 2009 yet many UK firms have shown resilient profitability.

Russia is set to launch a series of government bonds in an effort to close its budget deficit - marking the first time the country has tapped the bond market for a decade.

Gilt prices fell sharply yesterday as investors began to digest the Government's pre-Budget report and fears that Britain's credit rating will be downgraded intensified.

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (Swip) has made a further hire to its global bond team, with the appointment of James Taylor as investment director, government bonds.