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Cover Story
Monumental risk
Greece’s fiscal crisis is only an extreme version of the problem of burgeoning public debt, which threatens to destabilise the eurozone and countries beyond. Tomas Hirst sifts through the fiscal ruins and examines the prospects for recovery.
News Analysis
Flexibility lends attraction to strategic bond funds
Retail sales of strategic and tactical bond funds have increased dramatically as investors look for new areas of value in the fixed income market.
Q&A
Rise of clean technology energises Hazel fund
Ben Guest, a co-founder of Hazel Capital, talks to Helen Burnett-Nichols about clean technology.
Strategy
Debt burden weighs heavy on gilts
Public debt escalates, compounded by structural rather than cyclical weakness, and analysts predict it will overtake GDP, which bodes ill for investors as returns falter and risk rises.
Trends
Enhanced play covers all the bases
Low interest rates fuel demand for income and investors look to enhanced income funds, where the covered call approach can generate target yields of 6-8%–even in a volatile environment.
Focus
American giant chases bigger reach
MFS Investment Management aims to raise its profile and nurture fresh markets, including Britain, by looking at its onshore and offshore offering, writes Helen Burnett-Nichols.
Diary
Fund managers diary
Leonard Charlton (Dalton Strategic Partnership) manages the Melchior European Fund as well as the Melchior Selected Trust European Fund. His diary runs from February 8-14.
