Moody's has downgraded Ireland's sovereign government bond rating to Aa2 from Aa1.
Currency exposure drives emerging market-focused portfolios to the top of IMA Global Bond Sector over one year
Markets are at a transitional stage but whether they move in an upward or downward direction over the next six months is still unclear, according to LV= European manager Richard Falle.
Dragon Capital's Dominic Scriven on Vietnam's compelling investment story
Performance data for the IMA's newly combined UK Equity Income sector shows over the long term many of the funds that were put into the UK Equity Income & Growth sector have managed to outperform the peer group.
HSBC has launched its GIF European Alpha Equity fund with its largest short exposure to the materials sector, including miners, which the manager thinks are overvalued.
Schroders' multi-asset managers have begun cautiously returning to European equities, using assets taken from the US.
Jeremy Gleeson is tilting Axa Framlington's Global Techfund towards the mid- and small-cap arena where he is seeing a wider range of growth opportunities.