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ON THE US

Baptism of fire sees UBS Global Allocation manager Andreas Koester deliver top-quartile returns through sharp market correction

John Chatfeild-Roberts' Jupiter Merlin team has re-introduced Thames River's Global Bond fund into its £664m Balanced portfolio on the belief currency calls can enhance returns in 2010.

Since the start of the year, sterling has weakened materially against the US dollar, and slightly against the euro. For owners of UK equities this is a mixed blessing.

Gartmore head of Asian equities says China is nowhere near ready to end its two-year peg on the dollar

Jupiter manager believes low-rate environment will continue to be supportive for bonds as investors continue to search for yield in 2010

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

Looking back over the past decade, the performance of emerging markets has brought approving comments from even the most hardened critics.

When we considered the outlook for Russia at the beginning on 2009, it appeared we were staring into the abyss.