Ignis

Ignis Asset Management's Stuart Thomson has identified five countries across Europe which could be the epicentre for the next leg of the region's financial crisis.

THE BIQ QUESTION

MY FIVE KEY BOND TRADES

Multi-asset managers have been moving back into property for the first time since the financial crisis, as higher income levels from the sector attract yield-hungry investors.

Fund buyers have been selling out of high yield bond funds as liquidity dries up in the secondary market and they predict little value remains in the asset class.

Chris Bowie has taken bank exposure to its lowest ever level in his £285m Ignis Corporate Bond fund amid growing fears bondholders will be wiped out if there is another crisis.

PROPERTY FUNDS

Hermes' marketing director Rob Page is leaving the firm to join Henderson Global Investors, Investment Week can reveal.

Ingis Asset Management has hired Mira Bhogaita as portfolio manager on the UK equity team.

Ignis Asset Management saw profits fall by 6% and AUM come down nearly £5bn in 2012, as the renegotiation of its joint venture deals impacted the business in a "year of significant change".