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Planned gilt sales are set to rise by £5.2bn to £225.1bn during the 2009-10 financial year, the Debt Management Office says.

Caroline Allen looks at how strong emerging markets are driving interest from institutional investors

Emerging markets equities, debt and currency are the asset classes most likely to benefit from the long-term growth prospects of emerging economies, a consultant says.

EMERGING MARKETS - Institutional investors have been flooding into emerging markets this year, lured by the sector's long-term prospects as leaders of global growth, Schroders said.

Fixed income covers an umbrella of investments and funds have been increasing their weighting towards it, as Sebastian Cheek reports

With many managers looking to the corporate bond market as a source of income, Sebastian Cheek asks if credit has become the new equity?

UK - The £4.1bn (US$6.5bn) Merseyside Pension Fund has retained fixed income managers Schroders and Legal & General following a formal review and tender process.

The £4.1bn Merseyside Pension Fund has retained fixed income managers Schroders and Legal & General following a formal review and tender process.

GLOBAL - On the first anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, fund management groups agree it was the "erroneous" decision to let the investment bank fail which almost crippled the global financial system.

On the first anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, fund management groups agree it was the "erroneous" decision to let the investment bank fail which almost crippled the global financial system.