Philip Gibbs effectively sold out of his gold positions within the Jupiter Absolute Return fund in September, a month which saw the precious metal lose 15% of its value.

BG Group has reported a 17% increase in operating profit in the third quarter as higher commodity prices offset lower output in the UK.

Neil Wilkinson has joined Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) as manager of the £514m Royal London European Growth fund.

BlackRock's Richard Plackett has warned profits are set to come under severe pressure under the next six months as macro uncertainties weigh on corporates.

Investors have come under increased pressure to inflation-proof their portfolios as a fresh spike in CPI and RPI raised doubts levels will drop back to the Bank of England's 2% target in 2012.

Managers in Global Emerging Markets sector are waiting for an end to EM tightening cycles and resolution of eurozone crisis

LGIM is set to change the name and investment objective of its £487m Diversified Absolute Return Trust and move it out of the Absolute Return sector.

BlackRock is bringing a version of its concentrated UK Focus fund, managed by Luke Chappell and Imran Sattar, to the retail market.

Henderson is to soft-close Ben Wallace and Luke Newman's Henderson UK Absolute Return OEIC and Henderson Gartmore UK Absolute Return SICAV.

Jupiter CIO John Chatfeild-Roberts and his Merlin multi-manager team have said clear warning signs are beginning to emerge on Chinese growth prospects as well as the outlook for natural resources.