Commodities

Investors should have been buying portfolios of gilts, treasuries and bunds, as well as commodities, while avoiding major indices, to maximise returns in 2011.

The price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude hit a near-four month high this afternoon after rising shortly before US equity markets opened.

Ian Henderson is to step down as manager of the £2bn JPM Natural Resources fund in January 2012, to be replaced by Neil Gregson.

BG Group has reported a 17% increase in operating profit in the third quarter as higher commodity prices offset lower output in the UK.

MANAGED FUTURES

Bailing out the banks is not a solution to the debt crisis, and eurozone leaders should let troubled banks fail, said investment veteran Jim Rogers.

AXA IM has launched the AXA WF Framlington Natural Resources fund, a global equity offering managed by Sebastien Lagarde and Olivier Eugene.

Higher Income manager ditches number of long-term higher yielding stocks for lower-yielding names with better upside opportunities.

European markets fell back into the red on Friday as investor concerns about the global economy returned.

Sharat Dua, portfolio adviser to the Charlemagne Magna Africa fund, asks why the continent is not attracting investors' money.