bonds

New offshore bond sales have plunged 42.6% year on year, but have suffered less than the onshore bond market.

JP Morgan is launching five bond vehicles for its fixed income team which it recruited from Schroders last year.

Merchant Investors has linked up with investment manager Whitechurch Securities to give IFAs access to portfolio management services.

Henderson Global Investors is shutting its offshore property and pan-European bond fund because of falling assets under management and a failure to hit performance targets.

Over 80% of advisers plan to increase their allocation to corporate bonds in 2009 while nearly 75% intend to build their clients' exposure to the US, according to a survey of 540 attendees at the Unique Boutiques Conferences.

Investors are at risk of being treated unfairly after the iBoxx bond pricing system was criticised for failing to deliver accurate results.

Confidence in UK shares is returning as IFAs pick the domestic market as the best home for clients' cash over the next quarter, shunning overseas markets.

For several weeks now we have been trying to get straight answers to simple questions regarding the security of clients' assets.

Schroders has realigned the strategy of its Diversified Target Return fund to drive performance in turbulent market conditions.

The damage done to investor confidence is so immense that no single action can turn them round and even if banking collapses are averted then we are still staring global recession in the face.