Fixed Income

THE NEW KIIDs

Investec Asset Management managing director David Aird on the risks of ‘off-the-shelf' risk-rated funds...

Jupiter chief investment officer John Chatfeild-Roberts has outlined the shape of his Merlin Conservative portfolio, which will launch later this month, marking the fifth edition to his £7bn strong fund of funds range.

Some British pensioners, as well as investors in index-linked gilts, face lower returns if proposals to align the retail prices index (RPI) measure of inflation with the consumer prices index (CPI) are approved.

Investors are being forced to take on more risk as inflation continues to stay above the Bank of England's 2% target, experts said.

Jupiter chief investment officer John Chatfeild-Roberts has outlined the shape of his Merlin Conservative portfolio, which will launch later this month, marking the fifth edition to his £7bn strong fund of funds range.

Architas is offering the option to map its funds to the Distribution Technology (DT) risk profiling scale.

POST-LEHMANS

A Greek exit from the single currency would be a "catastrophe", the country's prime minister reiterated over the weekend.

Billionaire investor George Soros has said the eurozone crisis will only be resolved when Germany "wakes up" and realises it is to blame for introducing a single currency in the first place.