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The FTSE 100 index has endured its worst week since June as investors became increasingly nervous ahead of the planned referendum in Crimea due on Sunday.

Markets across Asia fell sharply overnight, with key indices shedding over 3%, as worries about the health of the Chinese economy and its ability to re-balance continued to hurt equities.

GAM is set to soft-close Michael Lai's GAM Star China Equity fund after a jump in size in recent months.

BlackRock has hired Helen Zhu from Goldman Sachs as head of China equities for Andrew Swan's team.

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The FTSE 100 got off to a positive start on Monday, with shares shrugging off weak data from both China and Japan to move higher.

Mark Williams, manager of the Liontrust Asia Income fund, assesses two major events in China which coincided with the fund's second anniversary last week.