Rathbones

ON BONDS

With interest rates still at an all-time low and increased confidence in equity markets, the UK equity income sector remains in the spotlight for investors seeking income and the possibility of capital growth.

The first half of 2010 saw a deluge of multi-asset fund launches.

THE BIG QUESTION

Rathbone Unit Trust Management has continued to suffer redemptions from investors over the first half of the year, with the group posting a £41m net outflow.

Rathbones head of multi-asset David Coombs has bought into the Barings German Growth trust in the view German equities are the only attractive shares in Europe.

With the BP crisis and a slowing UK economy further compounding an already delicate situation, investors are nervous.

Rathbone Unit Trust Management has made two multi-asset funds of funds available directly to external investors for the first time.

The uncertain future of the UK economy following the first hung Parliament in 30 years has led to a sell-off in small-cap stocks as investors seek safety and overseas exposure from blue chips.

The panel debate whether this fixed income cycle is moving at a different pace