Hampton and Bradshaw enter at top with AAA rating

LV= UK Corporate Bond fund managers John Hampton (pictured) and Nigel Bradshaw massively outperformed their sector average and clinched the highest grade for their first ever Citywire rating.

LV= UK Corporate Bond fund managers John Hampton and Nigel Bradshaw (below) have notched up a Citywire AAA rating, having previously never been rated, after returning more than double the average in their sector over 30 months.

They returned 16.59% in the past 30 months, compared with the 8.4% IMA Corporate Bond sector average.

Hampton and Bradshaw are currently overweight financials and are steadily increasing their cash positions.

Cholwill joins AAA club

Royal London Equity Income fund manager Martin Cholwill (pictured) has joined Hampton and Bradshaw on an AAA rating, moving up from his previous A rating.

His fund has fallen 15.21% in the past three years, against a 26.27% fall in the FTSE 350 Higher Yield index.

He has also stayed ahead of his peers in the UK Equity Income sector, who averaged a loss of 19.47% in the same time frame.