European sovereign debt does not compensate investors adequately for the risk they are taking, says Axa Investment Managers' chief investment officer Chris Iggo.

Gam is to launch an environmental fund in the fourth quarter for latest hire Paul Udall.

Property fund manager Clavis Walden has delayed launching a planned UK commercial property fund, pointing to investor uncertainty in the face of macroeconomic instability.

The listed hedge fund sector looks set to contract as trusts face continuation votes and many are wound up, despite taking action to narrow their discounts.

Investors in German equities do not expect the country's short selling ban on financials to have any material long-term effect on the country's stock market.

Miners are among the early fallers on the FTSE as European markets tumble following a ban on naked short-selling in Germany.

Franklin Templeton Investments has added a sterling share class to its Global Growth fund.

The managers of Polar Capital's UK Absolute Return fund have used the turbulence of the past fortnight to increase net market exposure to its highest level this year, adding to positions in favoured banks and miners.

Income investors could lose out if coalition Government forces extra levies on banks

Pictet Funds is rejecting subscriptions of over $1m (£689,000) into its flagship Emerging Local Currency