Legal & General has agreed to acquire US investment group Global Index Advisors in a $50m deal.
The Bank of England will not hike interest rates until well in to 2015 at the earliest, according to Hawksmoor Investment Management's head of research, Jim Wood-Smith.
Impending US employment data expected to show a further improvement in the country's economy sparked gains for equity indices around the globe overnight.
Preliminary figures released today show the US economy grew at an annual rate of 3.2% in the last quarter of 2013, in line with analysts' expectations.
J.P. Morgan Asset Management is to launch an onshore version of its Luxembourg-domiciled America Equity fund, making the OEIC available to UK investors from 31 January.
BNY Mellon Fund Managers is changing the name and investment remit of the BNY Mellon American fund, managed by its US subsidiary the Boston Company Asset Management.
J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Nadia Grant is to join Threadneedle as part of its US equities team, headed by Cormac Weldon.
Legg Mason Capital Management's Sam Peters has said US financials are the cheapest cyclical stocks in the US market and will climb sharply if interest rates increase this year.
The US added far fewer jobs than expected in December, according to latest payroll data, with the disappointing numbers partially blamed on bad weather.
Carolyn Bell has joined Kames Capital's international equities team as the group bolsters its US equity capabilities.