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The FTSE 100 bounced back this afternoon after a sell-off yesterday, with leading shares recovering from falls amid fresh hopes for a resolution to the crisis in Portugal.

Liontrust today reported inflows had more than trebled in the last quarter to over £300m as demand for its funds helped lift AUM despite the pullback in markets at the end of May.

Newton's Jason Pidcock is maintaining an overweight to Australian equities in his Asian Income portfolio, despite the recent underperformance of the local currency against the US dollar.

Legal & General Investments has axed Robert Churchlow, the group's head of UK equities, from his two UK mandates, with the manager's future now uncertain after the company declined to comment on whether he still worked for the firm.

UK equity income funds are nearing single stock limits on key holdings, causing concentration risk fears to mount, but which funds are taking the biggest bets?

Emerging markets face a tough summer but this could lead to an entry point for investors at the end of Q3, said Jupiter's Kathryn Langridge.

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