bonds

The IMA's new Strategic Bond sector is a step in the right direction but it will not replace the need for financial advice, warns F&C bond manager Fatima Luis.

Investors' decision to move into money market funds in July was rewarded as the sector was only one of three to report positive returns.

Advisers are increasingly looking beyond the tax advantages alone when comparing product wrappers despite changes to the capital gains tax (CGT), Zurich research suggests.

Nationwide Building Society has launched a range of bonds including a six-month fixed rate bond.

You only have to look at the figures relating to insurance bond sales to realise the effect that the recent tax changes have had on the market.

Looking out of my window this rainy morning it occurred to me that the bad weather appears to be the most reliable feature of the Great British summer.

Fidelity Multi-Asset Strategic fund manager Trevor Greetham is keeping his underweight positions in equities and property as the world tackles ‘stagflation' difficulties.

The IMA has given its support to the new UK Regulated Covered Bond Regime which it believes will increase activity in the sector and protect investors.

With interest rates reductions seemingly on the horizon and the full extent of the credit crunch not yet known, one of the hottest 2008 investor debates surrounds fixed income.

Advisers expect a drop in unit-linked bond business next year but do not believe it will be as bad as forecast, Defaqto research suggests.