FTAdviser latest:RWC Partners to launch convertible bond fund

Story by: Daniel McAllister, Investment Adviser

RWC Partners is planning to roll out a convertible bond fund to take advantage of pricing anomalies in the asset class.

  • Time published: 15:25
  • Date published: 01.12.2008
  • Published in: Investments

Midas targets bargains

A concoction of low valuations, price falls and the strong policy response of both the UK and global governments to the emerging recession presents a significant opportunity to buy across a wide range of asset classes, according to Midas Capital.

  • Date published: 01.12.2008

Managers concerned over corporate bond prices

Investors making redemptions on their corporate bond fund holdings have received as little as 90 per cent of the official fund value as a result of the current market dislocation, fund management sources have revealed.

  • Date published: 01.12.2008

M&G upbeat on US equities, corporate bonds

M&G's multi-manager funds are taking a less negative stance on financials, according to the provider's multi-asset chief.

  • Date published: 27.11.2008

B&B bondholders are 'being treated unequally'

Bondholders of Bradford & Bingley subordinated debt are being treated unequally to bondholders of subordinated debt of other banks caught up in the banking crisis, according to UK Shareholders' Association.

  • Date published: 27.11.2008

Lloyds TSB set on absolute returns

Banking giant Lloyds TSB has announced it is investing between £300m and £400m in the Julius Baer Absolute Return Bond Fund.

  • Date published: 24.11.2008

Bond spreads still good value, says Jupiter

Bond spreads could widen but still represent good value for buyers, the manager of the £99.2m Jupiter Corporate Bond fund has said.

  • Date published: 24.11.2008

Baillie Gifford claims bonuses dog trading

Short term incentives are affecting managers' ability to use opportunities, says firm

  • Date published: 24.11.2008

Untangling Lehman finances will be bigger job than Enron

The extent and complexity of unravelling Lehman Brothers' finances could undermine the faith of investment advisers in regulation for years to come, Hargreaves Lansdown has warned.

  • Date published: 20.11.2008

Lloyds to invest up to £400m in Julius Baer fund

Lloyds TSB Private Banking is to invest between £300m and £400n into the Julius Baer Absolute Return Bond Fund.

  • Date published: 18.11.2008

Features

Absolute promises

The prospect of earning cash plus returns in falling markets is attractive. Absolute return funds claim to do this, but is it always possible, asks Geordie Clarke?

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 01.12.2008

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Moving to quality, the current market will sort the wheat from the chaff

JPMorgan Asset Management managing director Campbell Fleming talks to Stephen Wilmot about remaining an optimist in the current downturn

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 01.12.2008

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Going against the flow in a falling market

Aegon fund support manager Iain Buckle talks to Anna Lawlor about sticking to securitised debt in a volatile environment

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 01.12.2008

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