How can your bond fund manager protect your income from rising inflation?Most investors have some exposure to bonds through holdings in diversified funds and investment trusts. Traditionally bonds have provided good diversification and a secure income.A bond is essentially an IOU issued by a government or business which typically pays interest at a specified rate before being repaid or 'maturing'

The rapid growth of exchange traded funds over the last decade means investors now have plenty of choice when tracking major investment themes.ETFs take the headache and risk out of trying to pick the best active managers while also offering lower costs and good liquidity. They can also provide diversification in certain assets which are harder for retail investors to access such as bonds, propert

Tungsten producer Premier African Minerals (PREM:AIM) says it may spin off its Zulu lithium project as a separately-listed business.The company has initiated a review of the project with a new drilling programme and appointment of natural resources entrepreneur David Lenigas who has been tasked with trying to find strategic investors and/or joint venture partners.The news sends Premier African Min

London shares were hit with frenetic selling in early deals, pushing blue chips and mid caps to more than 12-month lows, and causing gold prices to spike and UK bond yields to tighten. Crude was notably lower. France's CAC 40 fell 3% and Germany's DAX dived 2.4%. The FTSE 100 is 145 points off at 5,527.FTSE 100 miner Rio Tinto (RIO) falls 6.5% to £16.50 as full year earnings narrowly miss market

UK equities are set a drift in early deals on Friday with little corporate news to provide direction despite a solid session of gains on Wall Street overnight. The FTSE 100 index slides around 50 points, or 0.8%, to 5,869, declines closely tracked by main European bourses.Metals diggers are among the big losers led by Anglo American's (AAL) 9%-plus fall to 238.6p, closely followed by FTSE 100 dive