Continued pressures on the eurozone and an environment of falling inflation will prompt the ECB to lower interest rates from 1% to 0.5% this year, according to M&G's Stefan Isaacs.
The IMA has re-launched its Managed sectors with new names and definitions, apart from the Mixed Investment 0-35% Shares sector which has been delayed.
M&G Investments is set to launch a global equity fund for David Williams next month as part of an ongoing move to merge parent Prudential's retail offerings into its fund range.
Around 10% of Hungary's local bond market is owned by Franklin Templeton Investments, according to reports.
Ruli Viljoen, head of investment research at OBSR, looks back at this year's key trends and reveals three of the best-selling funds of 2011.
If Greece leaves the euro, banks across the Continent will suffer "horrifying" consequences, with a run on banks worse than anything seen before, said M&G's bond star Jim Leaviss.