Managed funds

Former SWIP duo Mark Harries and Simon Wood are to take over the Aberdeen multi-manager range as Aidan Kearney exits and Graham Duce moves to the multi-asset team, Investment Week can reveal.

The market is pricing disinflation in to longer-dated government bonds, and rather than causing concern, this trend will be positive for markets, argues John Stopford, co-head of Investec Asset Management's multi-asset team.

Cornelian's David Appleton outlines the impact of last month's package of ECB measures on currencies, bonds and equities.

Jupiter's Merlin multi-manager team have added Neil Woodford's equity income fund to their portfolios as they back the manager's new project from launch.

Liontrust multi-manager John Husselbee explains what lesson investors should take from the Tour de France in their hunt for consistent returns.

Brunner Investment trust's Jeremy Thomas gives a run-down of his favourite high yielding stocks from across the globe, including Switzerland, Australia and the US.

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Jupiter Asset Management's Peter Lawery, a key part of the group's Merlin multi-manager team headed by John Chatfeild-Roberts (pictured), is to retire at the end of the year.

This week, Aviva Investors launched the first of a trio of absolute return funds it hopes will capture market share from Standard Life Investments' £20bn Global Absolute Return Strategies fund, but what key calls are powering the new strategy?

Aviva Investors is preparing to launch a range of three new funds to rival SLI's GARS strategy, under the leadership of new CEO Euan Munro.