BlackRock's head of UK fixed income, Ian Winship, is shorting gilts as yields have hit lower levels than those seen during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Mirabaud Asset Management has hired Daniel Tubbs, former co-head of BlackRock's global emerging markets team, to run an emerging markets equity fund.
Since its creation in 2008, the absolute return sector has been a bone of contention for intermediaries.
Investment Quorum's investment committee is looking to deploy cash piles into the markets on its model portfolios as it urges clients to "be brave" and embrace opportunities found in market volatility.
Barclays' chief executive officer, Bob Diamond, described the underpinnings of the European economy as ‘very very strong' and said he is confident the euro region will survive.