Equities

Julius Baer's Nathalie Flury on prospects for the life-science and biotechnology sectors in 2010

Peter Pearson Lund, chief executive of Rathbones Unit Trust Management, says he would go "straight back into markets" now given the outlook for them, if he were not retiring from the City after 40 years at the end of this month.

Of all the jobs in the long/short world, running an emerging markets hedge fund is probably the toughest.

Although it was only 12 months ago, it is worth recalling the depths of the gloom that enveloped equity markets during the first few months of 2009.

While the rise of global equity markets over the past year has been extraordinary, it is good to put it into context.

Standard Life Investments' decision to roll out a UK Equity Recovery fund last year proved to be almost perfect, with the vehicle launching on almost the exact point of the FTSE All Share's six-year low.

Barings is to launch a Middle East and North Africa (MENA) fund to tap into the region's growing economies.

Aviva Investors has launched its fourth structured product linked to the FTSE 100 index.

Baring Asset Management has appointed Roberto Lampl to the newly created role of head of Latin America equity.

J O Hambro Capital Management has recruited Emery Brewer and Ivo St. Kovachev to launch its Global Emerging Markets fund.