gilts

Overseas investors piled into UK gilts in February and March, buying up £28bn worth of assets - more than the inflow for the whole of 2009, according to the Bank of England.

Fund managers fear strong near-term pressures on gilts and sterling after the market reacted poorly to a hung parliament last week.

Paul Brain plans to increase his allocation to developed market sovereign debt in his Newton Global Dynamic Bond fund from 5% to 30% over the next few months.

Aberdeen has been buying into gilts over the past two weeks on optimism the UK will keep its AAA credit rating and sterling will hold firm.

Baptism of fire sees UBS Global Allocation manager Andreas Koester deliver top-quartile returns through sharp market correction

As information moves faster, and advisers and product providers identify market trends more quickly, investors have to be quick to catch the nano-second before an exciting opportunity and considered strategy becomes a bubble.

Chris Bowie has moved a third of the £290m Ignis Corporate Bond into defensive fixed income instruments on renewed concerns for the domestic and global economy.

Pimco managing director Bill Gross, who in January said gilts were "resting on a bed of nitroglycerin", now believes the UK is "decently positioned" to escape its debt crisis.

Co-heads of fixed interest at Invesco Perpetual discuss the outlook for bonds and their plans for the newest addition to their fund stable

Sarasin's John Godley has started buying long-dated gilts believing prices are nearing a bottom.