'The great rotation was a myth put about by equity managers'

Laura Dew
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Fixed income specialist TwentyFour Asset Management, which launched in 2008, has spent the last five years building up its reputation - and its assets - in the highly competitive bond space.

However, under the leadership of founding partners Gary Kirk, Rob Ford and CEO Mark Holman the business has managed to make headway, attracting assets to its four main bond funds. Among them is the £170m Dynamic Bond fund – run by Kirk (pictured) – which has started to challenge some of the bigger names in the space in terms of performance. Its one- and three-year numbers place it in the top quartile in the Strategic Bond sector. Launched in April 2010, the fund invests across a range of fixed income securities, including investment grade and high yield bonds, and asset-backed securit...

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