Pimco, the manager of the world's largest bond fund, has been selling down treasuries as it expects a second round of debt purchases by the Federal Reserve to have limited impact.
Man Group has completed its purchase of GLG Partners, creating a diversified fund group running $63bn of assets.
HSBC Global Asset Management has added sterling share classes to nine of its offshore emerging market funds, making them more easily accessible to retail investors.
Jupiter financials specialist Guy de Blonay believes it is only a matter of time before speculators move on troubled European nation Spain.
Chinese sovereign bonds are becoming almost as safe as US treasuries in the CDS market.
Janus Capital has launched a US large-cap growth fund based on a mandate which has been in existence for American investors for 40 years.
On what looks likely to be a quiet day for UK corporate news, traders are focused on the US where September's non-farm payrolls numbers are due to be released this afternoon.