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Kevin Doran, manager of the Brown Shipley Sterling Bond fund, identifies three issues facing the sterling corporate bond market this year

The £6.4bn Artemis Income fund has been downgraded to a 'sell' in the latest Sanlam Private Investments (SPI) Income study, the widely followed guide to income funds.

Some of the largest investment trusts in the UK could be set for a performance boost when loans with double-digit interest payments expire later this year.

Richard Romer-Lee has made two more appointments to his new consultancy firm Square Mile Investment Research.

Old Mutual Global Investors' Richard Buxton has told Investment Week his move from Schroders to his new firm is his last in fund management.

In smaller companies investing, there are few managers more high profile or successful than Standard Life Investments' Harry Nimmo.

Morningstar has launched qualitative research and ratings for passive funds for the first time, assigning a Morningstar Analyst Rating to 25 of the most popular index funds in the UK.

Fixed income specialist TwentyFour Asset Management, which launched in 2008, has spent the last five years building up its reputation - and its assets - in the highly competitive bond space.

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