Multi-asset

James Carver, manager of the SWIP Absolute Return Bond fund, is making a call on the Japanese currency strengthening against the euro as money continues flowing into Japan's equity market.

Student accommodation fund giant Brandeaux has denied its recently-suspended funds are "distressed sellers", and has said there is a £1bn "overhang" of property on the market.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has appointed North Investment Partners' Nicholas Roberts as portfolio manager for the JPM Fusion Funds, reporting to lead manager Tony Lanning.

GLG Partners has launched a Total Return fund for its macro and relative value team, led by Jamil Baz and Sudi Mariappa

Just 2.05% of funds achieved top quartile returns over the three years to Q2 2013, down from 4.56% from Q1, according to new research.

Iain Stewart, manager of the £7.9bn Newton Real Return fund, has added to his gold holdings in the belief the precious metal can still act as a hedging tool in investors' portfolios.

Standard Life Investments is preparing to roll out a number of regional variants of its £18bn Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) fund, as well as a simplified version of the vehicle, Investment Week can reveal.

Multi-asset managers have cautioned against buying back into gold, arguing the precious metal ‘momentum trade' no longer exists.

Two Wall Street 'vulture funds' have seized control of part of Co-operative Bank's finances, the Sunday Times reports.

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