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After what has been a terrific year for risk in 2017, making our predictions for the upcoming year is all the more challenging. The risks we won’t be taking seem to be much easier to list than those that we will, so we’ll start with those. But before we embark on 2018, we should review our predictions for 2017.

Just two months ago, in Gilts Go Gangbusters, we argued that having long-dated conventional Gilts with cash prices of over 200 was unsustainable in the long term.

The three hour conference provided over 200 of our clients a unique insight and outlook into Fixed Income markets, with Jim Reid (Chief Strategist at Deutsche Bank) as a keynote speaker.

Fixed income boutique TwentyFour Asset Management is pleased to announce that they have expanded their asset backed securities team with a new hire.

The Board of UK Mortgages Limited (“UKML”) and TwentyFour Asset Management LLP (“TwentyFour”) are pleased to announce that the second transaction for UKML has been agreed.

TwentyFour Asset Management is pleased to announce the second transaction for UK Mortgages Ltd (UKML).

The Board of UK Mortgages Limited (“UKML”) and TwentyFour Asset Management LLP (“TwentyFour”) are pleased to confirm that Malt Hill No.1 has successfully completed the public sale of £263.3mm of AAA-rated bonds as expected.

Following the aquisition of Phoenix Fund Services (the authorised fund manager for our Dynamic Bond Fund and Monument Bond Fund) by Maitland FS Holdings (UK) Limited, Phoenix has changed its name to Maitland Institutional Services Ltd.

TwentyFour is pleased to announce that Silvia Piva has joined the firm.

We are not in the habit of writing when a lot of our readers are on holiday, however we know many of you still follow events closely even while off, and we felt this event was particularly newsworthy.

Specialist fixed income fund manager TwentyFour Asset Management LLP can announce they have launched a Global Unconstrained Bond fund, a sub-fund of the Vontobel Fund, which will be managed by the same team as the award winning Dynamic Bond Fund. 

The Board of UK Mortgages Limited (UKML) and TwentyFour Asset Management LLP (TwentyFour) are pleased to announce that the first transaction for UKML has been signed.