Threadneedle's Simon Brazier has revealed the three factors he believes could stall the UK's "muted economic growth".
IFAs think Global Emerging Markets will be the top performing IMA sector in 2011 - a year which will see equities trump bonds.
The Strategic Bond sector was the most popular with retail investors in 2010 but sales of equity funds also soared to a 10 year high, according to the IMA.
Skandia Investment Group has begun the year overweight equities in the view they will rally throughout 2011, fuelled by growth, low interest rates and favourable valuations.
Gemini Investment Managers has received approval from the FSA to offer its India Oeic fund to UK investors, after it initially launched into the global market last November.
Charles Martyn-Hemphill and Will Kenney at Spencer House Capital Management (SHCM) are set to join JO Hambro Investment Management (JOHIM) in February.
Artemis' William Littlewood has reduced overall net equity exposure in his £700m Strategic Assets fund in the view rising shares are vulnerable to disappointment.
Investors in US large-cap equities could benefit from up to 30% upside in 2011, says Legg Mason Capital Management's Mary Chris Gay.