Do TV and Film Investments Make Money?

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Trends in television The introduction of video-on-demand (VOD) services including Amazon and Netflix has revolutionised the way we watch TV. They are each gaining millions of new subscribers each year and produce ever more of their own award-winning…

Should income hunters ditch dividends and buy companies’ bonds instead?

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Times are tough for those who invest in shares for income. Where dividends look secure, demand has pushed prices up – so the yield on newly invested money has gone down.  With the backdrop for shares uncertain, most investors would be…

ANALYSIS: Is it the right time to be piling into bonds?

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Portfolio advisers have been looking at equity market valuations rather nervously for some time, tilting towards less risky assets, taking profits and holding more cash. But has broader sentiment now caught up? The UK's Investment Association…

UK investors pile into bonds and sell down UK equities

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Investors piled into the IA Sterling Strategic Bond sector in May, while UK equity funds experienced a net retail outflow of £479m ($642m, €566m), according to the latest IA statistics. Rising from fourth in the net retail sales charts…

Pound tourists’ shop for UK corporate bonds

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The weakness in the pound has spurred greater demand from foreign investors for UK debt securities, with “sterling tourists” hailing mainly from Europe, helping British companies sell bonds. The trend is a sign of how the dramatic depreciation…

UK bond market on track for the biggest losses in our time, says investment officer

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Investors in the U.K. bond market could see losses on their bond portfolios as the Bank of England continues to be behind the inflation curve, an investment officer told CNBC on Monday. "I see a scenario where losses will be inflicted on…

Record number of CFA U.K. members think corporate bonds are overvalued

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The proportion of the CFA Society of the U.K. members who view corporate bonds as overvalued is at a record high, show the society's valuations index. The index, which polls the society's members, found 84% of respondents think the asset class…

Why are most corporate bonds still traded on the phone?

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Manual trading has all but disappeared in much of finance. Most stock exchanges no longer have shouting floor traders; anyone from retail investors to the largest asset managers can buy and sell shares through easy, automated, electronic systems.…

The Bank of England and the Bond Market

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When the BoE’s monetary policy committee sits down to discuss the economy, it does so in the knowledge that the bond market does not think it is doing its job properly. Dan McCrum says if inflation hawks reveal themselves, markets may have…

First Retail Bond for care sector raises £33m in under a week

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The first Retail Charity Bond to be issued for the care sector has closed after less than a week, having raised £33 million. The bond, for Greensleeves Care, pays an interest rate of 4.25% a year for a term of nine years, and saw strong…

Corporate debt returns lure investors back to bond market

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The global bond market rout triggered by Donald Trump’s US election victory looks overdone, according to bond investors now betting that the sell-off was too violent and that borrowing costs will remain contained into the start of the new…