Multi-asset

In 2009 we have seen a gold rush. Walking down the High Street, you will be fortunate not to trip over the signs of those eager to buy it.

As it is the end of the year, I have been sorting out a lot of old bits of paper and came across an article in a consumer magazine Investors Week, which I edited at the beginning of the decade.

Negative sentiment around the failure to reach a detailed agreement at Copenhagen will only have a short term impact on environmental markets, say fund managers.

Jupiter is to launch a European Absolute Return fund for Cédric de Fonclare and Stephen Pearson.

Funds of hedge funds have outperformed the average hedge fund in fewer than one in every five months since 2000, according to data providers Eurekahedege.

Standard & Poor's has awarded four HSBC Global Asset Management tracker funds an AAA rating, including the recently merged American Index portfolio.

WHEB Sustainability fund has increased its exposure to solar power stocks on expectations of a rally post Copenhagen Summit.

Aviva Investors has reopened its €249.5 European Property Sicav, more than 13 months after it suspended dealing in the fund.

Philip Gibbs' new Jupiter Absolute Return vehicle has become the most successful launch of 2009, taking in more than £244m in its fund raising period.

Schroders Simon Webber warns a failure to reach agreement at the UN climate change conference could impact carbon intensive industries such as steel.