Corporate Bonds

FIVE THINGS

J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has appointed Andreas Michalitsianos to run its £200m Sterling Corporate Bond fund following the departure of John Anderson.

It's IFAonline's weekly heads up on five articles your clients may have read in the national newspapers over the weekend...

BONDS

Confidence among UK savers is growing with a third planning to increase the amount they invest in the next 12 months, a survey has revealed.

Some bonds and bond proxies are looking overvalued, pointing to a "very visible bubble", according to Cazenove multi-manager Robin McDonald.

More than half of advisers believe pensions invested in lifestyle funds are riskier than they were twelve months ago, as a result of speculation about a bubble in the bond market.

Andrew Wells, Fidelity's global CIO for fixed income, has said this year will be about the hunt for income, but warned low interest rates and low growth will be dangerous for investors.

Average annuity rates have undergone the first recorded quarterly increase in two years, according to research.

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