BlackRock

CIO Plamen Monovski tells Katie Holliday about his firm's ‘Indiana Jones' approach to investing and his ambitious plans to grow the business.

Sam Vecht, head of BlackRock's emerging Europe equity team, has upped his weighting to Russia by 15% in recent months, on the view the country's equity market could significantly re-rate.

GOSLING'S GROUSE

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.

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS

GOSLING'S GROUSE

Mirabaud Asset Management has hired Daniel Tubbs, former co-head of BlackRock's global emerging markets team, to run an emerging markets equity fund.

MULTI-MANAGERS

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.