Fidelity

Fidelity's Anthony Bolton has warned Chinese GDP growth will come in at around 7.5% this year, undershooting consensus forecasts for growth of between 8% and 8.5%.

ON ASIA

M&G tops both retail sales lists as investors seek out bond funds, while BlackRock's active and passive vehicles also prove popular.

PASSIVES

Anthony Bolton's Fidelity China Special Situations investment trust lagged its benchmark in the final quarter of 2011.

Fidelity's Sanjeev Shah has said he does not foresee a major market sell-off in the near term, as the FTSE 100 trades at a seven-month high.

Principal Investment Management's latest income study urges investors to switch out of Robin Geffen's £1bn Neptune Income fund, warning its global growth emphasis is likely to disappoint this year.

Fidelity is set to expand its multi-asset fund range with the launch of the Multi-Asset Income fund for managers Richard Skelt and Eugene Philalithis.

Jupiter Unit Trust Managers employs the most FE Alpha Managers with 12 on the newly revealed list for 2012.

Gary Shaughnessy, Fidelity's UK managing director, said a new fund charging method called total cost of ownership (TCO) should replace existing fund charges including TERs.