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Partner Insight: Active managers can exploit opportunities created by passive trading and extract further yield from the market, say Fidelity’s Kris Atkinson and Shamil Gohil.

As markets reach an inflection point in the interest rate cycle, investors need to look at how active managers can exploit opportunities created by passive trading and extract further yield from the market Short-dated credit has been high demand in recent years and many retail investors opted for passive funds to

Kris Atkinson and Shamil Gohil, portfolio managers of the Fidelity Short Dated Corporate Bond Fund, explain how the team is buying duration to lock in higher yield opportunities that may not be around next year WHAT IS THE INVESTMENT PROCESS ON THE FIDELITY SHORT-DATED CORPORATE BOND FUND? Our disciplined investment

With rate cuts looking increasingly likely, could fixed income investors benefit from holding higher rated debt? Despite becoming more expensive, investment grade debt could present opportunities for fixed income investors against a backdrop of higher rates. With higher rates, many investors have gravitated towards

With holders of cash potentially about to be caught out by cuts in interest rates, why does short-dated fixed income offer a natural home for this capital? After over a decade of near zero interest rates, the return of inflation forced central banks around the world to raise these. One of the asset classes that

With the domestic economy now in a technical recession, UK fixed income portfolio managers Kris Atkinson and Shamil Pankhania provide an insight into how investors should be approaching this weak macro backdrop. They highlight why recent data releases support a longer duration position and a focus on high quality

Kris Atkinson and Shamil Pankhania, Portfolio Managers, Fidelity Short Dated Corporate Bond Fund In their latest meeting, the Bank of England (BoE) held Bank Rate at 5.25% with the vote split 1-6-2 for a cut-hold-hike respectively. While market expectations were for a hold, it doesn't change our view that the BoE

Kris Atkinson and Shamil Pankhania, Portfolio Managers, Fidelity Short Dated Corporate Bond Fund and Fidelity Sustainable MoneyBuilder Income Fund Fixed income markets are approaching an inflection point amid signs of easing inflation and expectations of lower rates. As the impact of tight monetary policy edges the

Bryn Jones, head of fixed income at Rathbones, gives his outlook for bonds in 2024 and argues why they still have a role to play in balanced portfolios.

The yield curve is inverted which offers investors an exciting opportunity to increase yield by taking less interest rate and credit risk. With the UK potentially set to enter recession, portfolio managers Kris Atkinson and Shamil Pankhania discuss in this Q&A why a defensive income offering looks attractive via