1167 Capital: Four global bond themes for 2017

Attracted $100m in double fund launch

1167 Capital, the global and emerging market bond house set up by three former Thames River Capital colleagues, has raised over $100m with its first two fund launches, as the team identifies four main investment themes for 2017.

Co-managed by Michael Mabbutt (pictured) and Felix Martin, the Global High Income Bond fund attracted around $75m and the Global Total Return Bond fund pulled in £25m after launching at the back end of 2016. Matthew Sethard-Wright, CEO at 1167 Capital, commented: "Establishing a new business is always a major challenge - but to do so in what was a challenging 2016 from a global macro perspective, and to receive the strong investor support for our funds that we did, is very encouraging.  Ex-Liontrust duo Mabbutt and Martin to launch fixed income boutique "Our clients are a real mix ...