Franklin Templeton rolls out pair of UK bond funds
Franklin Templeton Investments is launching the Franklin UK Corporate Bond Fund and Franklin UK Gilt Fund for the UK market.
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Déjà vu for bond markets in 2017 – BlackRock
BlackRock’s Ben Edwards thinks “2017 is shaping up to look a lot like 2016” for bond markets as uncontrolled dollar strength, diverging regional economic paths and continued political risk keep volatility alive.
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SLI MyFolio dumps government bonds; sees start of great rotation
Standard Life Investments’ suite of £10bn MyFolio funds has sold out of government bonds, both tactically and strategically amid diminishing yields.
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IG and government bonds hit as eurozone inflation worries rise
Eurozone investment grade and government bonds continued to see outflows as inflation expectations rose, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch research.
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PA ANALYSIS: Why you should have stuck with gilts
While the popularity of different asset classes will ebb and flow, the one thing I have learned in my 11 years in financial journalism is that gilts are never a fashionable choice.
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Gilt yield fall has pushed up duration risk sharply – Kames
With the risk/reward profile of UK gilts already skewed to the downside further yield falls would be undesirable, according to Kames Capital.
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Global equities and bonds increasingly seen as overvalued, CFA survey reveals
Growing uncertainty in developed markets and a flight to safe haven assets post-Brexit have skewed valuations, according to an increasing number of industry professionals polled by the CFA Society of the UK.
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Gilt yields go negative for first time
Gilt yields have gone negative for the first time in the wake of Mark Carney’s speech on the economy yesterday afternoon.
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PA ANALYSIS: Changing correlations in a climate of rising rates
There have been relatively few reasons to hold gilts and other sovereign bonds in the current environment.
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Neuberger Berman opens Asian debt fund
Neuberger Berman is looking to capitalise on liquidity in the Asian debt space with the launch of a flexible fixed income mandate.
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OMGI unveils absolute return bond fund for Oxley and co
Old Mutual Global Investors has unveiled Absolute Return Government Bond Fund for new recruit Russ Oxley and team, targeting cash plus 5% per annum.
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Are ‘safe havens’ really that safe?
Peter Elston, CIO at Seneca Investment Managers, examines whether so-called ‘safe haven’ investments are actually that?