TwentyFour’s Bowie names top bonds to survive rising rates
TwentyFour Asset Management’s Chris Bowie names his top bond picks that will help protect against a rising rate environment.
Fixed Income
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Fixed income shines in record-breaking year
UK fund sales hit a record level in 2017, buoyed by £14.3bn flowing into fixed income products.
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Invesco expands Luxembourg-domiciled Ucits range
Invesco has expanded its Luxembourg-domiciled Ucits range with the launch of the Sustainable Allocation and Global High Yield Short Term Bond funds.
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What does ECB tapering mean for eurozone bonds?
The European Central Bank (ECB) has begun to unwind quantitative easing, reducing its bond purchases to €30bn a month from €60bn last year. The situation will be reviewed again at the end of September, with some predicting it will swiftly move to zero.
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BlackRock launches fixed-term high yield bond fund
BlackRock has launched a fixed-term high yield bond fund, which primarily invests in US dollar denominated high corporate bonds with five-year maturities.
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Craving for ETFs boosts European appetite for equity funds
European investors increased their risk appetite in 2017, recording high inflows into pure equity funds compared with outflows in the previous year, helped by a big rush into passive equity funds, according to a Thompson Reuters Lipper report.
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Negative US treasury sentiment shows little sign of change
Against the backdrop of a US bond market sell-off in January, a look at the performance of European US government bond funds shows that not a single one has beaten the 10-year treasury note return of 7.25% over the three years to 31 December 2017, according to FE Analytics.
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Neptune: Stocks ‘less risky’ than bonds in the long term
Pensioners who believe the popular opinion that stocks are riskier than bonds overall risk “under-funding their retirement”, James Dowey, Neptune’s CIO and chief economist, has warned.
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JP Morgan launches three bond ETFs
JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has launched three fixed income exchange traded funds – the group’s first bond ETFs in Europe.
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Frikkee to leave Smith & Williamson while bond manager retires
Smith & Williamson has re-shuffled manager duties on its UK Equity Income and Fixed Interest funds following the announcement that respective lead managers Tineke Frikkee and John Anderson are leaving the group.
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Seneca’s Elston: Bonds a ‘clear and present danger’
Bonds pose “a clear and present danger” to investors, Seneca Investment Managers’ Peter Elston has warned.
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What’s behind the strategic bond love affair?
With net retail sales of some £7.25bn in the first 11 months of 2017, it’s fair to say last year was a good year for the IA Sterling Strategic Bond sector.
