Martin Currie

The £3m Martin Currie Global Energy fund is set to wind down at the end of February after prolonged uderperformance.

Martin Currie's Tom Walker has bought back into US banks for the first time in three years on expectations the sector will return to pre-crisis norms.

Joanna Faith asks managers for their best global income stocks.

Former Axa Framlington Japan fund manager Anja Balfour has joined the £248m Martin Currie Pacific trust, in a non-executive director role.

Martin Currie has hired sales manager Phil Raby to spearhead the firm's intermediary business in the North of England, the Midlands and South West.

Martin Currie Investment Management has hired a North American specialist manager, in a bid to turnaround performance of its flagship fund which has slumped to the bottom quartile of the IMA North America sector.

A variety of asset classes and investment strategies feature in the list of funds with the largest outflows in the first half of the year.

GOSLING'S GROUSE

Former Schroders head of derivatives Darren Cannon has joined Martin Currie as chief operating officer, reporting to chief executive Willie Watt (pictured).

Martin Currie has launched a European Equity Income fund for Ross Watson after overhauling its existing European fund.