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Richard Buxton and Philip Matthews have both slipped into the bottom quartile of the UK All Companies sector on a six-month view following their moves to Old Mutual and Schroders respectively.

FUND MANAGER FOCUS

INFLATION

HSBC Global Asset Management and Lloyd George Management have soft-closed their popular frontier markets strategies as the asset class sees a surge in inflows, Investment Week can reveal.

Fund buyers have been selling down their exposure to Hugh Hendry's Eclectica Absolute Macro fund after his performance downturn accelerated at the start of 2014.

The five best-selling UK All Companies funds saw more than £1bn in collective inflows in the first two months of the year, confirming UK equities are back at the top of investors' wishlists.

Robert Howell, manager of the Schroders Alternative Solutions Commodity fund, is leaving the firm, with emerging market chief Geoff Blanning to take over the portfolio.

Emerging markets took a tumble at the start of the year and worried investors pulled their money out of some of the largest emerging market equity funds in the UK market.

Two more investment trusts have cut their fees in a move analysts are pinning on increasing pressure from open-ended funds.

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