Investors focusing on volatility could open door to liquidity crisis – Rathbones
Income investors are focusing too much on volatility, says Rathbones’ David Coombs, and in doing so could be setting themselves up for a fall.
Government Bonds
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Interest rate threat to sovereign bonds is overblown
Rising interest rates are generally accepted as a poor environment for sovereign bonds, says Rathbones’ head multi-asset investments David Coombs, but has the danger been oversold?
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Bond Vigilante Riddell departs M&G
Mike Riddell, manager of three M&G bond funds, has left the firm after 12 years.
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Has the bond world gone completely mad?
Being right, but far too early, must be reclassified as just being wrong for a very long time, says Justin Oliver, deputy CIO at Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management. But the question is, is the government bond market one of those cases?
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iFunds: Gilts behaving like equities
While gilts may have surprised on the upside in 2014, any risk/reward trade off in the asset class is offset by volatility that’s currently higher than equities, according to iFunds Asset Management.
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Strong performance vindicates decision to stick with Barnett – Edinburgh
Despite relatively subdued markets over the course of the year, Edinburgh Trust’s decision to retain Mark Barnett as portfolio manager has been vindicated by the strong performance produced during the year, trust chair Jim Pettigrew said.
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PA ANALYSIS: Ways to beat the heat in the bond pressure cooker
After months of grinding yield compression the pressure valve on the German sovereign bond market was released, with 10-year bund yields jumping almost ten-fold in the space of a few days.
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Investors should heed bond shock shot across the bows
Investors have been getting a rather sharp reminder of just how much interest rate risk is present within government bonds.
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Short duration gilt investors should hope for conservatives – cunningham
Holders of short-duration gilts should be hoping a Conservative-led government emerges from the General Election, says Newton Investment Management’s Howard Cunningham.
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QE ‘second wind’ could create corporate bond opportunity – RBC WM
Investors are set to benefit from a quantitative easing ‘second wind’ which will create opportunity in the corporate bond sector, says RBC Wealth Management’s Hakan Enokssen.
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Dont dismiss inflation threat just yet
Jason Broomer, head of investment at Square Mile Investment Consulting & Research, examines the ways in which investors can safeguard against periods of inflation.
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State Street launches new government bond ETF
State Street Global Advisers has launched a new exchange traded fund (ETF) which allows investors to adjust the duration of their European government bond exposures.