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Wealth managers are being trapped in the tricky position of responding to nervous clients' demands to hike cash weightings in portfolios, while at the same time trying to meet their growing income requirements.

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The upgrade of two major frontier markets to emerging market status led to a significant increase in turnover for the HSBC Frontier Markets fund last year.

Sales of absolute return and short-term money market funds jumped in April, according to the Investment Association, as investors adopted a more cautious approach.

Investment managers across the asset class spectrum have been raising cash allocations on fears of an equity market correction and a fresh bond market ‘taper tantrum'.

Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has added a new cash fund to its range in a bid to capitalise on the success of its Cash Plus fund.

RWC's income managers Ian Lance and Nick Purves are continuing to run significant cash weightings in their portfolios on the view markets are "more than 20% overvalued".

Andrew Thatcher, managing partner of Flagstone Investment Management, explains what investors can earn by using new solutions to work cash harder than ever before.

JP Morgan's multi-management team has moved money out of equities as it moves from bullish to neutral on risk assets for the first time since launch.

Coram Asset Management co-founder James Sullivan has said he would consider holding 100% cash in his funds if such a move was right for market conditions.