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Allianz Global Investors has announced plans to make its Income and Growth fund available to UK investors through the launch of a sterling hedged share class at the end of the first quarter.

Principal Investment Management's latest income study urges investors to switch out of Robin Geffen's £1bn Neptune Income fund, warning its global growth emphasis is likely to disappoint this year.

Francis Brooke, manager of the £428m Troy Trojan Income fund, has initiated a position in Aberdeen Asset Management as he believes the company is transforming itself into a "cashflow machine".

Newton manager predicts risk on trades will perform best in short term despite gloomy economic outlook.

Global equity fund managers have been too hesitant in moving to capture the US equity rally, Artemis Global Select manager Simon Edelsten has said.

Bond heavyweights have begun shorting UK gilts ahead of an expected correction, warning yields have reached ‘extreme' lows.

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Rathbones' James Thomson has been running the £135m Rathbone Global Opportunities fund for eight years since its launch in November 2003.

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