Blackrock: Rate rise will not cause negative bond returns
An upward trend in interest rates does not automatically equate to negative bond returns, despite the commonly-held market belief that it does, Blackrock has argued.
Bonds
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Wealth managers swap cash for bonds as caution persists
Having hit a high of 9% in June, wealth managers cut their weighting in cash to 6.99% in the past three months in the Trustee MPI low-risk mandates.
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Vanguard launches fresh attack in price war
Vanguard has launched a new offensive against competitors in the ongoing fund price war with the introduction of its first actively-managed bond fund in the UK.
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Star of TV’s Grand Designs adds IFA bond to Platform One
High net worth individuals will be able to invest in a house building bond launched by Kevin McCloud, the creator and star of architecture programme Grand Designs, via Platform One but only through their financial advisers.
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Is now the time to be flocking into bonds?
Investors’ love affair with bond funds shows no signs of abating, with recent statistics from FundsNetwork showing the Sterling Corporate Bond sector was the most purchased peer group in July.
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Kempen launches European high yield fund
Dutch-based Kempen Capital Management has launched a European high yield fund targeting returns from BB-rated debt in the junk bond market.
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Inflows stall across emerging market funds in first for 2017
Emerging Market equity and bond funds ended their longest inflow streaks since 2013 during the second week of August as investors took some of their year-to-date gains off the table.
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Why global bonds work as ‘a hedge against equity market risk’
Improving economic conditions are likely to create pockets of value in parts of the global bond market, according to Morningstar.
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Inflation-linked bonds attractive despite uncertain outlook
Despite a murkier outlook for global inflation, there could be “positive surprises” ahead which make inflation-linked bonds an attractive diversifier, Fidelity International says.
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Multi asset funds Europe’s top sellers but debt does well
One-stop shop funds that take away responsibility for asset allocation have been the blockbuster sellers with European investors in the last three years, but debt funds have also done well despite record low interest rates.
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Bond investors sleepwalking into duration risk
Two asset managers have warned that bond investors, particularly those in passive vehicles, are too exposed to duration risk without realising it.
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Greece re-enters bond market after three years
Greece has returned to the bond market for the first time in three years after issuing its first five-year euro-denominated bond at a yield of around 4.75%.