Multi-asset

Schroder Global Climate Change manager Simon Webber believes clean energy stocks will continue to advance in 2010 despite this month's Copenhagen summit only delivering a "fudge" agreement.

The UK's largest authorised property fund has bought its first property for more than two years, and is hopeful of buying about £200m more.

Henderson has agreed the final sale needed in order to re-open its New Star International Property fund, which has been suspended since 25 November 2008.

Henderson's Bill McQuaker is coming to the multi-manager party with a different perspective

On the whole, 2009 is likely to be remembered as an extremely good year for risky assets, with equities as well as corporate bond markets posting stellar performance, albeit not without considerable volatility.

The downturn caused investors to move away from relative returns and resulted in a wave of new funds. Despite once being considered a flight of fancy absolute returns have proved they are here to stay

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.