Top tips on constructing a fixed income portfolio

Constructing a fixed income portfolio is often challenging for investors, and even more so when the economic and market conditions are so uncertain.  Recent years have seen many new fixed income fund launches, some of them complex, and there is an array of options available to enable investors to cater for specific fixed income needs if they so wish. For example, outside of funds in the more familiar sectors of UK Gilts and £ Corporate Bonds, investors can select from a growing universe of funds investing in emerging market debt (including local currency bonds), inflation-linked bonds, c...