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.
The US government needs to make a decision on whether to raise its debt limit to fend off rating agencies in the light of Japan's downgrade, according to OMAM's head of fixed income Stewart Cowley.
PIMCO bond guru Bill Gross has warned the debate on the US debt limit between Congress and Barack Obama's administration will cause treasuries to fall.