Legg Mason: Three high conviction trades for bond investors in 2014

Fixed income experts share views on recent market moves at Investment Week's Strategic Bond Focus.

The macro bond fund recently launched by Legg Mason Global Asset Management through its fixed income subsidiary Western Asset is based on an unconstrained strategy first launched back in 2000. The new fund has revealed its three top trades for 2014 which use the same high conviction approach to bond market investing. The Legg Mason Western Asset Macro Opportunities fund, managed by Western Asset’s co-CIO Kenneth Leech, which uses short-term calls to pick up performance from market dislocations, is using a number of strategies to exploit opportunities in the markets this year. Here ...