Theo Zemek to exit Axa IM
Theo Zemek will be leaving Axa Investment Managers at the end of the year with Barclays John Porter taking the reins as global head of fixed income.
Fixed Income
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Is high yield still a good investment
Having rallied strongly over the last four years, high yield debt is at a crossroads, writes Bryn Jones, Head of Fixed Income Research, Rathbone Unit Trust Management.
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TwentyFour set to boost trust suite
Fixed income house TwentyFour Asset Management is set to pounce on the success of its first closed-end launch with the addition of more investment trusts to its range.
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Apel named Henderson head of fixed income
Henderson has appointed Phil Apel head of fixed income, handing the credit expert responsibility for its £18.3bn global fixed income franchise and a team of roughly 60 people based in the UK and US.
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Co-op investors face a five year profit wait
It will take roughly five years before the Co-op Bank has returned to profitability, it has emerged, even with a further £1.5bn pumped into its balance sheet and a plan to cut its branches significantly.
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City Financial boosts team with ARC credit hire
City Financial has appointed Phillip Lee to bolster the credit analysis function in the group's fixed income team.
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high yield support convertibles
In a reversal of fortune, economic headwinds are triumphing over increasingly popular high yield bonds as investors ready themselves for a rising interest rate environment.
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threadneedle pulls ABS laucnh
Threadneedle has shelved the launch of its asset backed securities trust.
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expect the ride to get bumpier King
Given the bond bubble has not burst, equity markets have not collapsed, and even emerging markets are showing signs of improving, Max King explains to the doom-mongers what is really happening.
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rising bond yields hit the wall in september
The past few months have seen a trend of rising bond yields that was broken in September. Developments at the Federal Reserve took a more dovish turn, easing the chief source of recent market concern.
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UBS fixed income henderson
Former UBS Global Asset Management global fixed income head Rob Gambi is to join Henderson to serve as its chief investment officer.
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pa analysis the US has just gone bust
Investors are anxiously awaiting the deadline – 48 hours from now – for the US to raise the amount its government has to borrow as they will then know exactly what the debt ceiling will be raised to.
