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BlackRock is looking to roll out a protected multi-asset fund to the retail market in the third quarter of this year.

For an investment manager, rising equity markets are most welcome.

L&G UK Property UT remains top quartile over one and three years since launch

Roger Webb, head of credit portfolio management at Aviva Investors, will leave the company in the autumn.

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Twenty years into his career, Neil Bridge says he is still as driven to achieve his objective of making Schroders "… the number one group for the foreseeable future"

A near 30% rally from the lows of early March to the peak on 1st June has been characterised by a fierce debate between investors over cyclicals versus defensives. We feel this misses the point of the rally entirely.

Cornelain Asset Managers has hired Richard Alexander, former director Global Equity dealing at BlackRock Investment Management, as associate director Investment Operations.

F&C Asset Management has appointed Jacob de Wit, head of fixed income, and Richard Wilson, head of equities, to the group's executive committee, following the company's demerger last week.

Threadneedle's Leigh Harrison is moving his portfolio into a broader range of sectors as he believes investment themes will become less clear cut.