Investment

Legal & General Investment Management fund manager Justin Onuekwusi is considering adding Russian bond exposure to the £200m Multi-Index fund range for the first time.

Royal Dutch Shell is planning to slash its spending by $15bn over the next three years, following a collapse in the oil price.

Retail fund sales last year were at their highest level since 2010, according to the latest figures from the Investment Association (IA).

The Kijani Commodity fund has moved its domicile to target UK and European investors after a year in which it returned more than 20%.

Carmignac Gestion's Didier Saint-Georges has said that the company is confident it can reverse the significant outflows it saw in 2014.

Apple has reported the largest quarterly earnings in corporate history, with net profit rising to $18bn in the three months to December.

JO Hambro Capital Management manager Trygve Tøraasen is set to leave the group as it seeks unitholder approval to close its All Europe Dynamic Growth fund.

Brooks Macdonald's discretionary funds under management are nearing £7bn following positive performance and growth in net new business.

Central banks are still working to reflate asset prices while investors chase yield. This means ABS are prime candidates for top performance this year, says Jim Caron, portfolio manager at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.

Japan's economic performance has been mixed - and vested interests are keeping wages down and the labour market tight, explains Hector Kilpatrick, CIO of Cornelian Asset Managers.