Fears over liquidity and sovereign debt contagion mean the threat of nationalisation has spread to leading players in Europe's banking sector.
BlackRock has appointed Simon White from Allianz Global Investors' subsidiary RCM as head of investment trusts.
BlackRock's Nick Little is to join Mark Lyttleton in managing the company's £444m UK fund.
BlackRock's Evy Hambro, manager of the £2.8bn Gold & General fund, said gold should be trading about 30% above its current record high, taking inflation into account.
BlackRock is to launch a global emerging markets income fund in August as part of its BGF Luxembourg range.
BlackRock is to launch two passively-managed funds of funds investing in a selection of the firm's equity and fixed income tracker funds.
BGF Latin America manager says big overweight in Brazil is driving performance.