OPM Fund Management has seeded funds from JPM and Axa through its Balanced Managed and Fixed Interest fund of funds.
Mike Pinggera, the head of Insight's multi-asset group, has added Axa's US Short Duration High Yield fund across the firm's range of portfolios.
M&G is planning to launch an international macro-focused fixed interest offering for star manager Jim Leaviss.
Premier's Paul Smith has taken his funds' high-yield exposure to its highest ever level on an improved outlook for corporates.
Recent developments in bond markets are likely to become major themes within the fixed income sector, writes Dipankar Shewaram of Western Asset Management.
Asian convertibles may not be a traditional option for UK investors but they could be the best way to play Asia in the likely volatile markets of 2010, writes Kurt Fisch