Old Mutual Asset Managers

Old Mutual Asset Managers' European equity manager Kevin Lilley is adding exposure to riskier sectors on the continent, increasing his overweight to banks in the view too much bad news is priced in to the market.

Since its creation in 2008, the absolute return sector has been a bone of contention for intermediaries.

Old Mutual said the merger of its two UK asset management businesses could result in job losses - but denied the move is a "cost-cutting" exercise.

Old Mutual is unifying its two UK asset management businesses, Old Mutual Asset Managers UK (OMAM UK) and Skandia Investment Group (SIG), into a single business with the view to rebrand under one name.

Old Mutual Asset Managers' Christine Johnson, manager of the £483m Corporate Bond fund, asks whether investors would be sensible to hold 'risk on' and 'risk off' fixed income assets in the same portfolio.

Bond heavyweights have begun shorting UK gilts ahead of an expected correction, warning yields have reached ‘extreme' lows.

OMAM's Christine Johnson explains why low growth and gradual disinflation will be good for fixed cashflows, and what this means for corporate bond investors.

Old Mutual Asset Managers' bond fund manager Stewart Cowley has warned investors in gilt funds face major headwinds in 2012, after falls in yields to record lows left them with little protection from coupons if prices start to come down.

Paul Feeney is set to join Old Mutual's Long-term Savings divison (LTS) as chief executive of asset management.

Bond fund manager has made a number of changes since returning to Kames.