JP Morgan

FIXED INCOME

J.P. Morgan Asset Management is to incorporate risk-ratings into three of its multi-asset funds ahead of RDR.

Three brave finance professionals are preparing to undertake a gruelling walk to the North Pole, with the aim of raising £1m for worthy causes.

James Saunders Watson, head of marketing, investment trusts at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, explains how zero dividend preference shares offer capital growth and predictability of return without liability to income tax.

Investors have suggested the eurozone crisis has not yet reached another critical stage, despite a €100bn bailout of Spanish banks failing to prevent the country's borrowing costs reaching record highs.

MULTI-MANAGERS

A wide-ranging report from the Centre for Policy Studies has called on fund managers to provide an estimated annual return figure for clients to improve transparency.

This year is turning into a repeat of 2011, according to JPM's Nick Gartside, who said the absence of a strong trend has led to another year characterised by swings between good and bad days.

ON BONDS

Leading asset managers are calling for drastic changes to the way the IMA operates, with some arguing the trade body should no longer be responsible for sector names or definitions.