Jupiter

Jupiter's chief investment officer John Chatfeild-Roberts has upped his weighting to Latin America across his £6bn Merlin multi-manager portfolios after taking profits in the region last month.

Anthony Nutt has almost halved the number of holdings in his £2.5bn Jupiter Income trust since 2007.

ON UK GROWTH

Newton's star income manager Tineke Frikkee has moved overweight BP, almost tripling her holding in the oil major in the £2.7bn Higher Income fund since February.

Polar Capital's assets under management in long only funds grew by $449m (£274m) in Q1, while AUM more than doubled at the firm in the last year.

Jupiter Fund Management pulled in £333m of assets in the first quarter of 2011, taking AUM to £24.5bn

‘Retirement,' has replaced ‘spending more time with the family' as the euphemism for leaving high-profile jobs.

Chinese protectionist measures and the developed world's debt levels are major headwinds for European investors, says Alexander Darwall, manager of the £1.7bn Jupiter European fund.

Jupiter's Guy de Blonay is among several managers who have welcomed the Independent Banking Commission's report, released yesterday, as the burden of regulation on the UK's banks is set to be less onerous than expected.

M&G is to merge Alex Odd's Dividend and Income funds in a move to streamline its proposition in the income space.