Why I’m buying index-linked bonds

Finding a reliable source of income is tough, as yields on everything sink. But one investment – 'linkers' – could solve the problem. Phil Oakley explains what they are and how to buy them.

To have any hope of maintaining a decent standard of living in your retirement, it's not enough just to grow your savings. They have to give you a real' return.

In other words, they have to grow at above the rate of inflation. Otherwise, if you're not careful, you'll find that the money you've been tucking away for the future won't buy you as much as you'd hoped it would.

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Phil spent 13 years as an investment analyst for both stockbroking and fund management companies.

 

After graduating with a MSc in International Banking, Economics & Finance from Liverpool Business School in 1996, Phil went to work for BWD Rensburg, a Liverpool based investment manager. In 2001, he joined ABN AMRO as a transport analyst. After a brief spell as a food retail analyst, he spent five years with ABN's very successful UK Smaller Companies team where he covered engineering, transport and support services stocks.

 

In 2007, Phil joined Halbis Capital Management as a European equities analyst. He began writing for MoneyWeek in 2010.