Equities

Swip has launched three emerging markets funds, focussing on infrastructure, smaller companies and Latin America respectively.

Harewood Solutions, a part of BNP Paribas, is launching a new UK Enhanced Income fund.

Baring Asset Management has appointed Kommera Chakradhar Reddy as head of India equities, with a view to launching further funds in the region.

Jupiter has appointed Ben Surtees as manager of its Asian fund, replacing Philip Ehrmann.

Our investment process identifies three qualities in a company: strong cashflow returns from its operating assets, better-than-expected earnings growth and ignorance of the first two.

Japanese Smaller Companies sector makes gains of 25.4% over the last year

Emerging market debt held up well relative to other asset classes in 2008, and in 2009 has performed strongly as global financial markets have rallied.

Expectations that the July IPD Monthly Index would show an increase in capital values after two years' declining figures were not met, falling short at -0.1%.

Managers Harker and Edwards break from 2008 position to outperform Japan peer group

The S&P 500 has risen more than 40% since the lows witnessed earlier this year.