Absolute return funds dethroned in IA sales stats
Mixed Investment 40-85% Shares topped the IA’s list of best-selling sectors in February, dethroning the four-month champ, Targeted Absolute Return.
Fixed Income
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Bond sales slump underscores Trump effect on world markets
Rising bond yields amid the election of Donald Trump depressed new investments into bond funds in the final quarter of 2016, new figures show.
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Smith & Williamson: move away from sterling bonds
Smith & Williamson is urging investors to look beyond sterling corporate bonds as global yield curves continue to diverge.
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PA ANALYSIS: Fixed maturity funds – has the opportunity passed?
2016 saw some highly successful launches of fixed maturity bond funds as investors took the opportunity to lock in attractive yields combined with reduced duration risk.
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Kleinwort Hambros: Time to give government bonds another chance
Kleinwort Hambros chief investment officer Mouhammed Choukeir is rethinking his position on government bonds, arguing that the diversification benefits are more obvious now than they were years ago.
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Hodges: Dump TIPS, prepare for stagflation
Nomura Global Dynamic Bond manager Richard Hodges says stagflation is the most likely scenario for the global economy this year.
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Funds for cautious income seekers
Yield is fast becoming the holy grail of the 21st century. Ten years ago, you could still sign up to a 12-month fixed term cash account and get a whopping 10% interest; today you are lucky if you get 1%.
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Forget the Vix – new ways to profit from volatility
Geopolitical uncertainty is on the rise but the Vix Index is at historic lows. Is there really still an investment case for trying to harness volatility?
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PA ANALYSIS: Are inflation-linkers the right answer to reflation?
Inflation-linked bonds have been a popular trade in recent months, and investors plan to continue buying more as inflation expectations are being revised upwards. But can you really tame the spirits of reflation with inflation-linkers?
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Jupiter unveils GEM corporate bond fund
Jupiter has launched a global emerging market corporate bond fund for its new hire Alejandro Arevalo, who joined the asset manager in December from Pioneer Investments.
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PA ANALYSIS: Fed poised to act but no bond ‘bloodbath’
Treasury yields saw their largest one-day increase for over three months on Wednesday, but is the Fed right to be hawkish, and what does this mean for the bond bull market?
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Global flows into bond funds dwarf equity funds by 55%
Global flows into fixed income funds more than doubled those into equity products last month, according to Thomson Reuters Lipper.
