Global

Paul Griffiths is leaving his role as global co-head of fixed income at Aberdeen Asset Management, handing over sole responsibility for the role to Brad Crombie.

Japan's Nikkei index experienced its biggest fall since November as concerns about Cyprus and the eurozone continued to batter markets.

Gottex Fund Management is to take a majority stake in UK multi-asset boutique Frontier Investment Management.

The number of fund managers backing a strengthening in the US dollar hit a record high in March, as optimism over the US recovery also gathered pace.

Chancellor George Osborne is to tell the electorate this week that his debt plans are in ruins, with the deadline for bringing UK debt down pushed back by many years.

ON AMERICA

Premier's David Hambidge is expecting the FTSE to break through a record high this year, following an unprecedented start to 2013.

ONE TO WATCH

Some of the largest funds in the IMA Global Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific ex Japan sectors have significantly increased exposure to Indian equities over 12 months to the end of January.

Rayner Spencer Mills' research directors Ken Rayner and Graham O'Neill have picked a selection of funds from the IMA sector universe which have seen a recent rebound in performance.