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Over the past month losses have racked up across bond sectors after comments from the Federal Reserve signalling the end of quantitative easing spooked global markets.

Bill Gross's $285bn Pimco Total Return fund led falls among the world's most popular bond portfolios after the Federal Reserve prompted a global sell-off by indicating it may start tapering its QE programme.

The continued weakness of sterling against the US dollar has prompted fund buyers to move out of sterling-hedged share classes and into unhedged or dollar-denominated positions.

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The pound could fall by as much as 15% against the US dollar from its current level, back to decade-long lows, if Mark Carney moves to devalue the pound via further QE over the next few years, PIMCO has warned.

Fund buyers have been selling out of high yield bond funds as liquidity dries up in the secondary market and they predict little value remains in the asset class.

Investors are boosting exposure to exchange-traded products (ETPs) in their multi-asset portfolios, driving assets under management in the vehicles to new highs.

PIMCO has launched an Inflation Strategy fund for Mihir Worah in response to the threat of rising inflation across the globe.

PIMCO's Bill Gross, manager of the world's largest bond fund, is auctioning off some of his historic stamp collection to raise proceeds for charity organisations.

Investors' desperate search for income continues as rumours abound of the possibility of negative interest rates and bond yields remain at record low levels.