Seven of the UK's largest asset managers are teaming up to gather information on end investors' needs in a move which could trigger changes to their fund ranges.
Strategic bond managers are taking short-term positions in emerging market debt after the summer sell-off brought valuations back down to attractive levels.
David Coombs, head of multi-asset investments at Rathbone Unit Trust Management, has bought a number of new funds in the last few months as he rejigs his portfolios to focus on global growth.
Bond managers are buying back into European government debt, as worrying inflation figures revive fears the eurozone could sink into a period of Japan-style deflation.
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has launched a Total Emerging Markets Income fund to be run by Richard Titherington and Pierre-Yves Bareau.
A fresh long-term refinancing operation (LTRO) launched by the European Central Bank (ECB) will not have as significant an impact as those seen in 2012, according to AXA Sterling Strategic Bond manager Nick Hayes.
Aberdeen Asset Management has confirmed rumours it is in talks to buy Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) in a deal which would make it the largest listed fund management firm in Europe.