Jupiter

Jupiter UK Growth co-manager Ian McVeigh is to step back from day-to-day management of the £1.4bn portfolio as he takes a corporate governance role at the group.

Former Merrill Lynch stockbroker Alastair Irvine has joined Jupiter as a product specialist for the Merlin multi-manager team.

After a recent trip to Japan, Jupiter's Simon Somerville, manager of the Japan Income fund, considers the outlook for corporate profitability, and how the country has changed four years on from the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

Ross Teverson, Jupiter's global emerging markets (GEM) head of strategy, has introduced formal sector analysis responsibilities across the team for the first time and scaled back the number of holdings in his new portfolios.

Jupiter's Stephen Mitchell has taken over management of Simon Somerville's Global Managed fund and plans to overhaul the portfolio.

Jupiter Fund Management's CEO Maarten Slendebroek has moved to reassure investors in its Merlin range that performance is bouncing back following a tough spell for some of the funds.

Rathbones saw its funds under management boosted in 2014 thanks to deals with Jupiter Asset Management and Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management.

Jupiter Asset Management is at a "crossroads" and its profit growth may be at an artificially high level, according to Franklin Templeton's Paul Spencer.

Just a year ago, Indonesia was classed as one of the 'fragile five' nations. Now it is back on form, explains Jupiter's Ben Surtees.

TwentyFour Asset Management has hired former Jupiter sales manager Bryan Bushnell for its growing team.