Multi-asset

Miton's David Jane said an underweight to oil, currency hedging and exposure to long-dated debt has helped drive performance on his multi-asset portfolios since the start of the fourth quarter.

Investor sentiment warmed towards Japanese equities and gold in January, while attitudes to most other asset classes declined, a Lloyds Private Bank survey has revealed.

Brooks Macdonald's Mark Watson has joined Morningstar as director of UK intermediary sales.

Royal Dutch Shell is planning to slash its spending by $15bn over the next three years, following a collapse in the oil price.

Standard Life Investments' GARS team have outlined their key themes and strategies as the £20bn fund positions for the year ahead.

Angry investors are planning legal action against the regulator in a bid to claw back losses they claim its predecessor caused when it branded their traded life settlement investments "toxic".

The Kijani Commodity fund has moved its domicile to target UK and European investors after a year in which it returned more than 20%.

F&C will launch an onshore version of its F&C Property Growth and Income fund this Friday.

Oil prices could plummet even lower to $30 a barrel, according to Goldman Sachs president Gary Cohn.

Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey has warned major economies are entering a recession that will be "remembered in a hundred years".