Lindsell Train co-founder Nick Train has argued investors should not try to make money in equities by playing market cycles.

Strategic bond managers have been reducing high yield exposure in anticipation of a default rate spike in the second half of the year.

Vanguard chief investment officer Gus Sauter will retire at the end of the year after a 25 year spell at the firm.

The £132m First State Global Property Securities fund has dominated the IMA Property sector over the last five years, being one of only two funds to make a positive return over that period, and has returned 84.5% since 2009.

Sam Vecht, head of BlackRock's emerging Europe equity team, has upped his weighting to Russia by 15% in recent months, on the view the country's equity market could significantly re-rate.

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair said the UK must keep open the option of joining the euro if the current crisis is resolved.

There are too many small, illiquid investment companies within the closed-ended sector which will struggle to win a place on wealth manager buy lists post-RDR, argues Standard Life Investments.

Incoming 3i chief executive Simon Borrows will this week announce plans to cut staff and shut a number of the group's overseas offices, according to reports.

US markets slipped into the red sharply overnight after the Federal Reserve announced it will extend its Operation Twist programme, instead of introducing a third round of quantitative easing.

Legal & General Investment Management's bond manager Richard Hodges expects the Federal Reserve to unveil another round of Operation Twist later today.