High yield bonds are the best performing asset class within fixed income year-to-date, but higher capital gains are in investment grade bonds, according to Pierre Chartres, London-based fixed income specialist at M&G Investments.
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The FSA Spy market buzz – 08 June 2018
A change at M&G; Naming fund companies; Emerging markets and timing; Sage advice from the 1990s; Singapore with Trump and Kim; advertising from Pictet, Vanguard and CSOP and much more.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Fidelity vs M&G
FSA compares the Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund and the M&G Global Emerging Markets Fund.
Prudential to spin-out and float M&G
Prudential has confirmed it plans to spin-out its UK investment and savings arm, allowing the parent company to focus on its business in Asia, where it generates most of its profits.
The FSA Spy market buzz – 19 May 2017
Change at Columbia Threadneedle; Movement at SSGA; GAM hires; Vanguard rocks UK; M&G sanity check; Wisdom from AB; Singapore’s mojo; Betting on Trump and much more.
M&G favours equities to achieve diversification
With bonds’ ability to provide diversification diminished, M&G’s Tony Finding recommends targeting different geographies within equities to achieve the same outcome.
The FSA Spy market buzz – 7 October 2016
Schroders adds, Old Mutual and M&G seek, CBH buys, Singapore assets grow, performance under scrutiny, Mirae ETFS, EM market caps, bionic advice from Aberdeen and much more.
The FSA Spy market buzz – 19 August 2016
New hire at Principal, M&G debunks ETFs, Bank of Japan buys and buys, Stan Chartered adds a few funds, house price crashes in Vancouver and much more.
Russia funds
Over the past 12 months, the best performing Russia-weighted fund had a negative 19.5% return.
MandG bullish on Korean market
Korean equities are increasingly cheap and attractive, but mainly because all the surrounding markets have become very expensive, explained Robert Secker, M&G Investments emerging markets equity investment specialist.
