Dutch insurer Achmea is in the process of selling its 9.6% stake in F&C Asset Management, equivalent to some 51 million shares.

RIT Capital, the £1.9bn investment trust founded and chaired by Lord Jacob Rothschild, has announced the creation of a strategic partnership with international asset manager Edmond de Rothschild Group.

The longest losing streak for 10-year US treasuries since 2006, coupled with a marked rise in other ‘safe haven' bond yields, poses some difficult questions for bond investors.

Fidelity has launched a Global Demographics fund investing in companies where demographic factors are the single most important driver of growth.

Philip Gibbs, manager of Jupiter's £710m Jupiter Absolute Return fund, has been "massively increasing" his position in Barclays debt in the belief that high yielding bonds represent a major opportunity.

Connaught Asset Management has suspended redemptions from its Connaught Income Fund Series 1 after a review flagged the possibility that some of the fund's loans may be under-secured.

Sarasin has launched a new share class for its £169m AgriSar equity offering that removes the fund's performance fee but raises its annual management charge.

Mark Williams, manager of the Liontrust Asian Income fund, is targeting Chinese and Indonesian stocks at launch but expects to hold no stocks in India or Korea.

Santander multi-managers Tom Caddick and Toby Vaughan have bought into the BNY Mellon Absolute Return Equity fund as they take a "relatively cautious" view on risk assets.

Chris Rice, manager of the £823m Cazenove European fund, is adding risk to his portfolios due to bombed out valuations and the European Central Bank's implementation of "one of the biggest bailouts in history".