Investment

J.P. Morgan Asset Management is merging its underperforming UK Focus fund into its UK Dynamic fund following a strategic review.

Paul Abberley, chief executive at Charles Stanley, is considering taking a more hands-on role at the business by becoming involved in the management of one of the group's funds.

Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) fixed income manager Sajiv Vaid is to join Fidelity later this year, Investment Week can reveal.

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Crispin Odey has warned of a bubble in European equities, saying ECB QE has left investors with no option but to buy the asset class - similar to the dynamic now visible in China.

Seven Investment Management (7IM) has launched a range of passive equity value funds.

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Aviva Investors has hired Simon Young from BlackRock as a UK equities fund manager.

Reade Griffith, the hedge fund manager who built sizeable stakes in Ashcourt Rowan and WH Ireland last year, has upped his stake in Liontrust Asset Management to 10%.