Henderson Global Investors is proposing to merge two of the group's global SRI funds, run by Tim Dieppe, due to similarity between the mandates.

Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett has sold out his position in Bank of America and added to US retail bank Wells Fargo.

Football's January transfer window saw a record £225m shelled out for some of the game's biggest stars, but fluctuating exchange rates hurt owners' wallets, says World First.

Skandia Investment Group has changed the manager line-up on its flagship £1bn Global Dynamic Equity fund, removing a £67m mandate from Alliance Bernstein and handing it to Mandarine Gestion.

China has eclipsed Japan as the world's second largest economy after posting GDP figures of $5.8trn for 2010, beating Japan's $5.474trn.

Jan Luthman, co-fund manager of the £156m Walker Crips Equity Income fund, has built up an 80% position in FTSE 100 stocks, believing the area is undervalued.

Saltus Partners' multi-manager Dan Kemp is finding compelling value in listed alternative investment trusts and is looking to profit from the sector's deep discounts.

Iveagh Private Investment House, the Guinness family office, has launched six global multi-asset funds offering a range of different risk profiles.

Schroders' Matthew Dobbs is 6% underweight in financials in the group's £84m Asian Alpha Plus fund as the manager attempts to safeguard against rising interest rates in China.

Warren Buffett's $5bn investment in Goldman Sachs after Lehman Brothers collapsed was a ‘wager' to allow the Federal Reserve to take on debt and prop up the economic recovery.