Kames Capital ventures into the Swedish market
UK fund management group Kames Capital has entered the Swedish investment market for the first time with the launch of 10 of its funds.
UK fund management group Kames Capital has entered the Swedish investment market for the first time with the launch of 10 of its funds.
The Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX) listed its first corporate bond and its first asset-backed security in February after expanding its services last month to include the listing of closed-ended funds and debt securities.
A joint venture bond offering from peer-to-peer investment platform Abundance and Swindon Borough Council is offering investors a 6% return on solar bonds.
Vanguard has expanded its exchange traded fund range with the launch of four low-cost fixed income ETFs on the London Stock Exchange.
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the asset management arm of State Street Corp, has launched 11 new fixed income ETFs on the Deutsche Börse Xetra.
Fifteen months after bringing its first three ETFs to Hong Kong, the firm is launching four more on February 18.
Carmignac Patrimoine has shifted its focus to US treasuries and credit opportunities in European financials as the managers maintain their bearish view on equities.
Legg Mason subsidiary Western Asset is launching two flexible fixed income funds for investors seeking returns from bonds in the current low rate environment while looking for some protection from principal losses.
Equities markets around the world climbed sharply on news of Japan’s surprise decision to cut interest rates into negative territory on Friday.
Investors are in disagreement about whether high yield bonds are a good buy now. A quarter of European fund buyers plan to increase their allocation in the next 12 months, but an almost equally big share of them intend to decrease exposure. Fund flows have also been capricious of late.
Michael Mabbutt and Felix Martin, co-managers of the Liontrust GF Global Strategic Bond Fund have resigned, the firm said on Wednesday.
It has been quite a start to the year in financial markets and the initial impulse many will have is to batten down the hatches and try to weatherproof portfolios.