Story by: Catherine Couch , Financial Adviser
Retail investors seeking an income in 2009 will not be spoilt for choice, according to Simon Mungall, partner for specialist multi-manager boutique Maia Capital.
The £20m Neptune Japan Opportunities fund has been the best performing over the calendar year, according to latest figures from Lipper.
Investors should be wary of more bear market rallies during the first half of the year, with 2009 poised to be a difficult year, according to JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM).
Newton Investment Management has restructured its fixed income investment resources, with Paul Brain stepping up to replace Stewart Cowley as investment leader of fixed income.
Gilt investors could abandon government, and UK may have to seek IMF funding, warns Strategic Bond fund manager
Neptune Investment Management's Ted Alexander is making his debut as a principal fund manager with a soft-launched International Bond fund.
Fund managers should beware of rushing into corporate bonds to take advantage of yields driven by base rate cuts, according to Trevor Greetham.
Corporate bonds have been tipped to be a rewarding asset class in 2009, with M&G, Invesco Perpetual and Artemis at the top of the class.
UK investors are "prepared to batten down the hatches" and continue to hold shares in UK companies in spite of the economic storm.
Aviva Investors has launched a new convertible bond opportunity fund to take advantage of recent discounts on global products.
With the fog still clouding the short-term effects of the crisis, things might be a little clearer for the longer term
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