GLG has launched a Ucits III absolute return version of its North American Opportunity portfolio, a Cayman-domiciled hedge fund.
SWIP is planning a raft of new products to follow the establishment of its US fixed income base.
Legg Mason's heavyweight managers are uber-bulls on the US corporate sector across the market cap spectrum, with Chuck Royce predicting a rebound in small caps and Bill Miller seeing a return to form with his large-cap holdings.
Kate Barker, a former leading member of the Bank of England's MPC, has warned the UK economy could be only part way through the financial crisis.
A senior JPMorgan Chase risk officer was warned Bernard Madoff was suspected of running a Ponzi scheme nearly 18 months before the broker was charged with a $19.6bn fraud, according to a newly unsealed court filing.
Neptune's head of US equities Felix Wintle has boosted the energy position in his £667m US Opportunities fund from underweight to overweight since the end of last year.
PIMCO's co-CIO Bill Gross has hit out at US policymakers for introducing "devilish policy tools" to rebalance US debt, effectively "robbing savers."
The US will see sub-par economic growth over the next few years, says Invesco Perpetual's Andrew Shard, as the government begin to tackle the deficit problem.