Despite its roots across the Atlantic, Franklin Templeton is best known in the UK as an emerging markets specialist and, since its acquisition of Rensburg, for its UK equity capabilities.
Apple has seen its quarterly profit almost double, rocketing past analysts' forecasts and allaying fears of limited future sales of the iPhone.
US markets gained some ground this afternoon ahead of consumer confidence and home sales data, following a sell-off in Europe yesterday.
Threadneedle has named Diane Sobin as co-manager of Cormac Weldon's £358m American Smaller Companies fund.
Schroders is preparing to launch a fund of funds investing in a range of the group's own Maximiser and fixed income portfolios.