Europe

UK EQUITY ALPHA

Baring Asset Management is to launch a focused European fund for Nick Williams, head of small-cap equities, and Colin Riddles, portfolio manager on the small- and mid-cap desk.

NORTHERN EUROPE

Henderson retail fixed income head John Pattullo is favouring core companies in core countries across Europe to provide thematic bond investing in a low inflation environment, alongside opportunities in the US.

David Jane has ramped up Japanese equity and REIT exposure in the TM Darwin Multi Asset fund, following the sell-off in May.

Lawrence Gosling, founding editor of Investment Week, looks at what impact regulation - driven by the RDR - is going to have on the fund management industry.

Investors fled Italian equities on Monday morning as political tensions resurfaced in Italy, while fears of a potential US government shutdown also impacted markets across Europe.

The FTSE 100 index was in the red just after midday, dragged down by mining stocks which sold-off as oil and metals prices weakened.

HSBC Global Asset Management (GAM) is to launch a Far East ex-Japan ETF with a total expense ratio (TER) of 0.6%.

UK Equities