fixed income

Gartmore fixed income co-heads Karl Bergqwist and Simon Surtees have called the bottom of the financials slide and are buying back into the beleaguered sector.

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.

Uncertainty surrounding the future of the bonds market - sparked by Chancellor Alistair Darling's plans for capital gains tax (CGT) - is misguided, providers say.

Standard Life Investments today announces it will run a £140m fixed income portfolio for the Pensions Trust.

Legal & General Investment Management has moved to strengthen its Active Fixed Income team with two appointments.

AXA Investment Managers has poached co-head of fixed income and chief investment officer at Fidelity International, Martin Hall.

Ian Frost is moving from BlackRock to Investec Asset Management to become a global fixed income portfolio manager while Aegon Asset Management has also announced a series of new arrivals to its fixed income team.

Rod Davidson is joining Scottish Widows Investment Partnership as its global head of fixed income.

Legal and General Investment Management has just confirmed Roger Bartley will head up its fixed income asset management team which includes the launch of a new operation in Chicago.

Shares in Aberdeen Asset Management are up 13p to 136p today after the company announced a £200m-plus deal to buy two strands of fund management business from Deutsche Asset Management.