Fixed Income Leaders 2025

14 - 16 October, 2025

Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre + ij VENUES Amsterdam

Bryn Jones

Head of Fixed Income Rathbones Asset Management Ltd
Bryn is the head of fixed income for Rathbones and is lead manager on the Rathbone Ethical Bond Fund and the Rathbone Strategic Bond Fund. He joined Rathbones in November 2004 from Merrill Lynch, where he managed $2 billion of fixed income assets. Bryn is a member of the Rathbone Asset Allocation Committee, non-executive chairman of Rathbones' Fixed Income Committee, and an adviser to the Rathbone Banking Committee. He is a WMA representative for the HMT DMO’s (His Majesty’s Treasury - Debt Management Office) Gilt market consultation process. Bryn appears regularly on CNBC and Bloomberg TV. He also sits on the IA Fixed Income Committee. Bryn graduated from Birmingham University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography in 1995. Bryn’s Rathbone Ethical Bond Fund was awarded Best Sterling Corporate Bond Fund at the Morningstar UK Fund Awards 2014 and 2016; Best SRI Bond Fund at the Money Observer 2015, 2016 and 2017 Fund Awards; the Rathbone Ethical Bond Fund is also a top performer in the Bond Pound Sterling – Corporates sector over three and five years in the UK (Lipper Fund Award 2015) and was ‘Highly Commended’ at the 2015 Moneywise Awards. His Rathbone Strategic Bond Fund was voted best Multi-Asset Fixed Income Strategy at the Investment Week Specialist Investment Awards 2015 and was highly commended in 2016. Winner of the Judges Choice Fixed Income award 2018 – Investment Week Fund Manager of the Year awards. Best Ethical Investment Fund, 2019 and 2018; Best Sustainable and ESG Bond Fund 2020 - Investment Week Sustainable and ESG Investment Awards. Best GBP Bond Fund in the Morningstar UK Fund Awards 2020. Winner of the Investment Week Fund Manager of the Year Award 2021 – Sterling Corporate Bond sector. The Rathbone Greenbank Global Sustainable Bond Fund won the Investment Week Sustainable Investment Awards ‘Best Sustainable Fund Launch’ in 2024. Bryn is nominated as Fund manager of the year again in 2025.

Day 1 | 15th October

11:10 AM Active vs. Passive Strategies Presentation: Active vs. Passive in Sterling Credit: Why Bigger Isn’t Always Better

Passive investing has reshaped stock markets—but does it work as well in fixed income? In sterling corporate bonds, active managers have consistently outperformed by exploiting structural index flaws, off-benchmark opportunities, and tactical positioning. Join us to unpack why passive approaches may fall short in credit markets and how active strategies add real value, especially when navigating downgrades, upgrades, and overlooked sectors.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Bryn.

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