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If there is any consensus amongst investors, strategists and financial commentators, it is that in the run-up to polling day sterling will weaken further, gilt yields will rise and the equity market will fall.

Schroders, the largest shareholder in Gulfsands Petroleum, has called on the UK explorer to open talks with two Indian suitors.

Schroder Income managers Nick Purves and Ian Lance discuss playing the bear market of 2008-09 and the opportunities that lay ahead

Schroders is eyeing the addition of enhanced index-based products to its retail range in preparation for an expected increase in passive fund use post-RDR.

Asian convertibles may not be a traditional option for UK investors but they could be the best way to play Asia in the likely volatile markets of 2010, writes Kurt Fisch

Up to 180 offshore funds will be listed in IMA sectors from 1 April, with the majority already admitted set to reside in the Specialist category.

Schroders' Richard Buxton, manager of the £1.85bn Schroder UK Alpha Plus fund, has been topping up holdings in British Airways during periods of weakness caused by uncertainty over the airline's industrial action.

Schroders manager Nathan Gibbs is bullish on Japan, believing many of its ‘problems' have been misconstrued by the investment industry

UK equities, emerging markets, global equities and income funds are the top four asset classes IFAs expect to be recommending to clients this year.

Fisch Asset Management is planning to increase exposure to Japan in the Global Convertible fund it manages for Schroders.