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Sarasin's Daniel Briggs has reduced sterling and euro exposure in the £231m GlobalSar IIID fund over concerns for public sector deficits.

James Smith's Ignis Global Growth fund tops IMA Global Growth sector over one year with returns of 50.7%, against 21.3% sector average

Happy 15th Birthday, Investment Week! My how time flies… By coincidence it is also 15 years since we founded our multi-manager team at Rothschild.

On 6 March, the market realised if Citigroup could earn its way out of the capital hole created by caustic debt holdings, less troubled banks could also.

After unforeseen complications put the structured products sector on the ropes, eight retail providers have banded together proving the asset class was down but not out

Leading structured product providers and distributors have created the UK Structured Products Association in a bid to give a unified voice to an industry that has come under fire in recent years.

With quantative easing measures contributing to strong market rallies, it could be that the worst of the cuts in dividends is over

Lazard has bolstered its UK equity team with the appointment of Lloyd Whitworth.

In London, markets experienced strong, early growth, with banks and miners leading the pack. The FTSE 100 added 40.81 points (0.93%) to 4,429.56 by mid-morning.

Financials dominate the top spots on the Dow Jones this morning at the start of a week when a number of high profile earnings reports are due.