Allianz

Skandia has handed a £50m European equity mandate to Dirk Enderlein at Wellington Asset Management.

Germany's decision to ban naked short-selling could be replicated in other markets as regulators panic, Gartmore's Ben Wallace believes.

Allianz Global Investors believes the German ban on naked short selling is inadequate.

Allianz RCM US Equity manager fears investors' expectations are pushing up valuations and there is still room for improvement in housing markets

Allianz Global Investors is to launch a Brazil fund, the UK's first actively-managed onshore Oeic focused on the country.

Absolute return funds have grabbed investors' attention as increased volatility drives them to look for absolute returns through all market cycles.

Allianz RCM's Walter Price is building positions in the service and cloud computing sector, in the view new companies in the sector have a competitive advantage.

Allianz Global Investors is to launch a Brazil fund, the UK's first actively-managed onshore Oeic focused on the country.

Allianz RCM's Michael Konstantinov has closed energy and commodity underweights as a result of rising prices.

Allianz RCM's Dynamic Growth to comprise high and low volatility asset classes, weighted 70/30 towards former