Multi-asset

Jupiter's John Chatfeild-Roberts has warned investors not to get carried away with the euphoria surrounding equity markets, saying many companies are being kept afloat by low interest rates.

M&G's Graham French has been selling down his exposure to commodities after falling prices and a ‘poorly managed' sector hit the performance of his Global Basics fund last year.

Sir Paul Ruddock, head and co-founder of hedge fund Lansdowne Partners, is to step down from his role at the end of June.

EQUITIES

Nicholas Brooks, head of research at ETF Securities, said investors may only be mid-stage in a bull market for commodities.

COMMODITIES

The trader suspended from GLG amid an FSA insider dealing probe worked on co-founder Pierre Lagrange's European long/short fund, Investment Week can reveal.

Kames Capital is to remove the performance fee on its Kames UK Equity Absolute Return fun, managed by David Griffiths and David Pringle, after reaching £100m in size.

Jupiter has been tipped as a likely winner in the asset manager space as the gap between those who receive advice and those who do not widens and pushes more consumers to self-invest.

The Investment Management Association (IMA) will rename the Absolute Return sector as the Targeted Absolute Return sector as it completes a long-awaited review of the space, Investment Week can reveal.