BlackRock's chief equity strategist Bob Doll remains resolutely positive on the US economy, predicting 2% GDP growth despite a surge in double dip fears.
Ignis' head of global funds and asset allocation is to run Marlborough's new Emerging Markets trust.
Legg Mason affiliate ClearBridge Advisors believes the case for investing in US medium and large-cap companies is the best in more than 50 years.
Modest improvements in economic indicators suggest equities could have hit their nadir, says Bob Doll, BlackRock's vice chairman and chief equity strategist for fundamental equities.
America's wave of new financial regulation is likely to prompt the country's biggest financial institutions to break themselves up, according to the chairman of the Federal Reserve.