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A new European Commission strategy promises guidance and an EU financing facility to encourage "green infrastructure" investments, but there are major hurdles to overcome says Malcolm Dowden, consultant and Helen Hutton, associate at Charles Russell....

Threadneedle has launched a Dynamic Real Return fund for head of multi-asset Toby Nangle, aiming to deliver equity-like returns with no more than two-thirds of the volatility.

Old Mutual Global Investors has seen inflows of more than £100m into Richard Buxton's UK Alpha fund, ahead of his arrival at the group.

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Investors should be cutting their exposure to Asia and emerging markets and looking more to the developed world, according to F&C co-head of multi-manager Gary Potter.

Specialist fund manager Polar Capital has seen assets under management surge in the last 12 months, rising by over 40% as inflows into Japan and climbing equity markets provide a boost.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) is closing two underperforming funds, including a commodities fund run by Neil Gregson which has suffered sizeable losses following the sell-off in the mining sector.