Europe

Last November Argonaut's Barry Norris celebrated a decade managing European equity funds, through a period that has seen the end of the dotcom era, a global financial crisis, and a sovereign debt crisis in Europe.

Private bank and wealth manager C. Hoare & Co has shifted its asset allocation focus from the US to Europe for 2013 ahead of an expected boost for the single currency.

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OUTLOOK 2013

Fidelity Worldwide Investment is to soft-close its popular FAST Europe strategy following a surge in inflows, Investment Week can reveal.

Schroders has launched the offshore ISF EURO High Yield fund for Konstantin Leidman.

Invesco Perpetual's Adrian Bignell has revealed there are a number of firms in Europe cleaning up in share price terms, despite the headwinds facing the region.

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Neptune's Rob Burnett, the group's head of European equities, adopted a bullish stance in the second quarter of this year, switching out of long-favoured defensives.

Threadneedle's Dave Dudding has stepped down from his £1.1bn European Smaller Companies fund in order to take over one of the group's global mandates.