Bonds and fixed interest: back to fight another day?

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Traditionally, fixed interest securities/bonds, particularly government bonds (gilts), which is usually their safest form, were seen as the standard hedge within client portfolios against the more volatile risk of equities.

However, after the global financial crisis 10 years ago and the introduction of quantitative easing (QE), it became harder and harder to justify holding fixed interest securities in client portfolios due to their lack of yield. Cash was the better defence against equity market falls – despite yielding nothing, it was also free from capital risk.

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