JP Morgan

J.P. Morgan and Fidelity are planning to gain trust company licences in China, along with many overseas firms seeking to profit from the light regulatory environment in which the vehicles operate.

Some of the biggest Chinese investors in the investment trust universe have clashed over whether the country is in bubble territory.

CONTRARIAN INVESTOR

Olivia Mayell, client portfolio manager on the JPM Multi-Asset Income fund, tells Julian Marr, editorial director of Marketing-hub.co.uk, the answer to the UK's growing need for income lies in a wide range of overseas assets

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has renamed and slashed the charges on its UK Active 350 fund as the group looks to offer investors an active alternative to passive index trackers.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has launched a Global Mining fund for Neil Gregson, expanding the firm's range of natural resources products.

J.P. Morgan launched its thematic Global Consumer Trends fund in April 2008 as a way for investors to gain direct access to the consumer growth story and changing consumption patterns across the world.

Hedge fund manager John Paulson, who made billions by betting against subprime mortgages, has begun to exit the large positions he took in the hard hit banking sector last year.

J.P. Morgan's Global Consumer Trends fund is expected to move from Specialist into Global Growth following the IMA's proposed changes to the sector, to compete with Graham French's £4.9bn M&G Global Basics.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has added a sterling-hedged share class to its £122m Europe Dynamic Ex-UK fund.