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RWC Partners is urging the IMA to look at the Morningstar categories when the body decides how to revamp the Absolute Return sector later this year.

The IMA sector committee carrying out the review into the Absolute Return sector is divided over whether to change the sector's name, Investment Week understands.

The managers of the £98m Melchior North American Opportunities fund have reversed out of defensive names into more economically sensitive sectors, following the string of positive economic data that has emerged from the US in recent months.

JO Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) is to launch a Global Opportunities fund for Ben Leyland, manager on the top-performing UK Opportunities fund, by the end of Q2.

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OBSR (Old Broad Street Research)'s research and consulting businesses have been rebranded as Morningstar OBSR.

Investec manager reveals his stance following EMD rally at start of the year.